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SUBMITTER: Casolo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1767757 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Casolo G G Gensini G F GF Santoro G G Rega L L
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 20030801 8
A 35 year old man with a history of transient ischaemic attack and atrial septal aneurysm underwent percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with a transcatheter device. After the procedure the patient developed effort angina not present previously. Transoesophageal echocardiography confirmed the absence of residual shunt but showed an abnormal linear image running behind the aortic root. Magnetic resonance imaging detected an anomalous origin of the circumflex coronary artery from t ...[more]