An unfortunate case of subaortic left ventricular diverticulum
oleh: P. Vinodh Kumar, Asha Moorthy
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2016-09-01 |
Deskripsi
A 38-year-old man presented with exertional angina of 1-year duration. Treadmill was strongly positive. Coronary angiogram revealed a significant phasic systolic compression of the left main and the proximal left circumflex artery. Echo and MRI revealed a subaortic left ventricle diverticulum causing compression of the coronary vessels. Before the planned surgery, the patient had sudden deterioration with cardiogenic shock and could not be saved.