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Coronary artery compression three months after transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation
Author(s) -
Dehghani Payam,
Kraushaar Greg,
Taylor Dylan A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.25628
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , cardiac catheterization , pulmonary artery , myocardial infarction , compression (physics) , implant , pulmonary valve , artery , aortic valve , surgery , materials science , composite material
We report a case of a 29‐year‐old man who developed exercised‐induced myocardial infarction 3 months post Melody valve implantation. We introduce the concept of ruling out dynamic coronary artery compression by simulating transcatheter pulmonary valve implant while increasing cardiac output and thus aortic dimensions in the catheterization laboratory. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.