TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical treatment of the left circumflex coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in an adult patient
AU - Bolognesi, Roberto
AU - Alfieri, Ottavio
AU - Tsialtas, Dimitri
AU - Manca, Carlo
PY - 2003/5/1
Y1 - 2003/5/1
N2 - We report an exceptional case of ischemic heart disease due to the origin of the left coronary circumflex artery from the pulmonary artery in a 50-year-old woman. She had undergone surgery for aortic coarctation when she was 16 years old. This abnormality was associated with other congenital defects such as tunnel subaortic stenosis, small aortic valve annulus, numerous left ventricular false tendons, and aortic bicuspid valve. Cardiac surgery verified the origin of the left circumflex from the pulmonary artery. The left internal mammary artery was positioned on the obtuse marginal coronary branch. Her clinical state was moderately improved 3 months after surgery.
AB - We report an exceptional case of ischemic heart disease due to the origin of the left coronary circumflex artery from the pulmonary artery in a 50-year-old woman. She had undergone surgery for aortic coarctation when she was 16 years old. This abnormality was associated with other congenital defects such as tunnel subaortic stenosis, small aortic valve annulus, numerous left ventricular false tendons, and aortic bicuspid valve. Cardiac surgery verified the origin of the left circumflex from the pulmonary artery. The left internal mammary artery was positioned on the obtuse marginal coronary branch. Her clinical state was moderately improved 3 months after surgery.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04775-6
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04775-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 12735599
AN - SCOPUS:0037407240
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 75
SP - 1642
EP - 1643
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 5
ER -