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doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199702)40:2<173::aid-ccd12>3.0.co;2-s.
Submitral left ventricular aneurysm compressing the left main coronary artery
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- PMID: 9047060
- DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199702)40:2<173::aid-ccd12>3.0.co;2-s
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Submitral left ventricular aneurysm compressing the left main coronary artery
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn.
1997 Feb.
Abstract
This report describes a 43-yr-old black women who was referred for evaluation of severe mitral regurgitation. Conventional echocardiography revealed a large submitral left ventricular aneurysm. A selective coronary angiography demonstrated compression of the left main coronary artery by submitral aneurysm. Successful surgical repair was performed.
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Pulsatile compression of the left main coronary artery: an unusual mechanism of reversible left ventricular dysfunction.Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1997 Feb;40(2):176. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199702)40:2<176::aid-ccd13>3.0.co;2-p. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1997. PMID: 9047061 No abstract available.
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Ventricular aneurysm and coronary artery disease: the hen and the egg?Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1997 Aug;41(4):468. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1997. PMID: 9258500 No abstract available.
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