Extrinsic Compression of Left Main Coronary Artery by the Pulmonary Trunk Secondary to Pulmonary Hypertension Documented Using 64‐Slice Multidetector Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography | Zendy

Safi Morteza | Zendy; Eslami Vahid | Zendy; Shabestari Abbas Arjmand | Zendy; Saadat Habib | Zendy; Namazi Mohammad Hasan | Zendy; Vakili Hosein | Zendy; Movahed Mohammad Reza | Zendy

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Extrinsic Compression of Left Main Coronary Artery by the Pulmonary Trunk Secondary to Pulmonary Hypertension Documented Using 64‐Slice Multidetector Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography

Author(s) -

Safi Morteza,

Eslami Vahid,

Shabestari Abbas Arjmand,

Saadat Habib,

Namazi Mohammad Hasan,

Vakili Hosein,

Movahed Mohammad Reza

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 1932-8737

pISSN - 0160-9289

DOI - 10.1002/clc.20457

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary trunk , trunk , multidetector computed tomography , radiology , cardiology , pulmonary artery , coronary angiography , pulmonary hypertension , left coronary artery , compression (physics) , computed tomography , angiography , artery , computed tomography angiography , left pulmonary artery , myocardial infarction , ecology , materials science , composite material , biology

Compression of left main coronary artery (LMCA) secondary to pulmonary trunk dilatation is a newly recognized entity that has been associated with severe pulmonary hypertension. In this paper we present a case of extrinsic compression of LMCA caused by dilated pulmonary trunk secondary to pulmonary hypertension documented using 64‐slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) coronary angiography. This case is followed by a review of the literature. Copyright © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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