Uncommon presentation and surgical correction of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome

Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Aug;76(2):619-21. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(03)00150-4.

Abstract

A 59-year-old man with signs and symptoms of congestive heart failure, occurring a few months after an infective episode, underwent cardiac investigations revealing severe biventricular dysfunction, persistent left superior vena cava with almost completely unroofed coronary sinus, and critical stenosis of the proximal right coronary artery. Surgical correction of the congenital malformation associated with revascularization of the right coronary allowed a prompt recovery of clinical conditions and ventricular function.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Coronary Stenosis / complications
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Function Tests
  • Heart Septal Defects / complications
  • Heart Septal Defects / diagnosis
  • Heart Septal Defects / surgery*
  • Hemodynamics / physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Revascularization / methods*
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Syndrome
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*