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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Sivakumar K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2829817 | biostudies-other | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Texas Heart Institute journal 20100101 1
Extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery by a massively dilated pulmonary artery in patients who have severe pulmonary hypertension can lead to significant myocardial ischemia. A 58-year-old man with a large patent ductus arteriosus and Eisenmenger syndrome presented with angina at rest and worsening heart failure of 3 months' duration. The new symptoms were recognized to be secondary to extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery ostium by a dilated main pulmonary arter ...[more]