Coronary artery narrowing due to extrinsic compression by myocardial abscess.
A case of aortic valve endocarditis complicated by perivalvular abscess extending into myocardium is presented. Echocardiography and aortography failed to detect the abscess, but coronary angiography revealed its presence by extrinsic compression of left anterior descending and diagonal arteries. Morphological features of this rare cause for coronary narrowing are described.
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Internal Medicine Department, Lubbock 79430.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology