Extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery by the pulmonary artery in patients with long-standing pulmonary hypertension

S M Kawut; F E Silvestry; V A Ferrari; D DeNofrio; L Axel; E Loh; H I Palevsky

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)01046-7

Extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery by the pulmonary artery in patients with long-standing pulmonary hypertension

Am J Cardiol. 1999 Mar 15;83(6):984-6, A10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)01046-7.

Authors

S M Kawut¹, F E Silvestry, V A Ferrari, D DeNofrio, L Axel, E Loh, H I Palevsky

Affiliation

¹ Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA.

PMID: 10190427
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)01046-7

Abstract

Left main coronary artery compression by the pulmonary artery may be seen in patients with pulmonary hypertension who are undergoing cardiac catheterization. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is useful in these patients to document extrinsic compression, which might otherwise be mistaken for intrinsic atherosclerotic disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cineangiography
Coronary Disease / diagnosis
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Disease / etiology*
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Artery / pathology*