24
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      Congenital atresia of the left main coronary artery in an adult: A rare anomaly with an unfavorable prognosis. Review of the literature.

      Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions
      Elsevier BV
      Coronary artery anomaly, Left main coronary artery atresia

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisherPubMed
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Congenital atresia of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) is one of the rarest congenital anomalies, which may have an unfavorable prognosis leading to myocardial ischemia, ventricle dysfunction or even sudden cardiac death. There are 34 cases of LMCA in adults reported in the literature, most of them successfully treated with coronary revascularization. We report the case of an adult with LMCA who presented with terminal heart failure that required biventricular assistance and heart transplant.

          Related collections

          Author and article information

          Journal
          26382034
          10.1016/j.carrev.2015.08.006

          Coronary artery anomaly,Left main coronary artery atresia

          Comments

          Comment on this article