TY - JOUR
T1 - Left main coronary artery atresia
T2 - Extremely rare coronary anomaly in an asymptomatic adult and an adolescent soccer player
AU - Elian, Dan
AU - Hegesh, Julius
AU - Agranat, Oren
AU - Guetta, Victor
AU - Har-Zahav, Yedael
AU - Rath, Shmuel
AU - Chouraqui, Pierre
AU - Di Segni, Elio
PY - 2003/5
Y1 - 2003/5
N2 - Left main coronary artery atresia is a very rare coronary anomaly with only 33 cases reported in the literature, of whom only 1 patient is asymptomatic. Pediatric patients are usually very symptomatic early in life (dyspnea, syncope, failure to thrive, ventricular tachycardia, and sudden death), whereas adult patients begin showing symptoms (angina or sudden death) only at an advanced age. Given the high risk related to the presence of left main coronary artery atresia, and in view of the good results obtained by coronary artery bypass surgery, coronary artery revascularization should always be considered as the possible treatment of choice for establishing adequate myocardial blood flow.
AB - Left main coronary artery atresia is a very rare coronary anomaly with only 33 cases reported in the literature, of whom only 1 patient is asymptomatic. Pediatric patients are usually very symptomatic early in life (dyspnea, syncope, failure to thrive, ventricular tachycardia, and sudden death), whereas adult patients begin showing symptoms (angina or sudden death) only at an advanced age. Given the high risk related to the presence of left main coronary artery atresia, and in view of the good results obtained by coronary artery bypass surgery, coronary artery revascularization should always be considered as the possible treatment of choice for establishing adequate myocardial blood flow.
KW - CABG
KW - Congenital ostial stenosis
KW - Coronary anomaly
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037659056&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/01.CRD.0000064423.27902.BB
DO - 10.1097/01.CRD.0000064423.27902.BB
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AN - SCOPUS:0037659056
SN - 1061-5377
VL - 11
SP - 160
EP - 162
JO - Cardiology in Review
JF - Cardiology in Review
IS - 3
ER -
