LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY COMPRESSION SYNDROME

Left main coronary artery compression by an enlarged pulmonary artery.

Systolic compression of left main coronary artery by left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicated by critical stenosis of left main coronary artery

A 69-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with complaints of exertional substernal chest pain and dyspnea for 3 weeks. His medical history consisted of dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and valvular heart disease. He had a mitral commissurotomy through a left thoracotomy for mitral stenosis at age 16 years followed by mitral valve replacement with a 25 mm Carpentier Edwards bovine pe...

left main coronary artery aneurysm

aneurysms of the left main coronary artery are exceedingly rare clinical entities, encountered incidentally in approximately 0.1% of patients who undergo routine angiography. the most common cause of coronary artery aneurysms is atherosclerosis. angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis and treatment. depending on the severity of the coexisting coronary stenosis, patients with left main co...

Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm

Aneurysms of the left main coronary artery are exceedingly rare clinical entities, encountered incidentally in approximately 0.1% of patients who undergo routine angiography. The most common cause of coronary artery aneurysms is atherosclerosis. Angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis and treatment. Depending on the severity of the coexisting coronary stenosis, patients with left main co...

[Left main coronary artery disease].

There are many causes of left main coronary artery disease, the first of which is atherosclerosis. Other rarer causes may be observed, such as acute and chronic occlusions, spasm and primary and secondary dissection. The prevalence of stenosis of the left main coronary artery at coronary angiography is about 5%. The risk factors are the same as for coronary artery disease. The symptoms are angi...