Diastolic coronary artery narrowing due to left ventricular dilatation.
A 56 year old man with a large anterior myocardial infarction and diffuse left ventricular hypocontractility and dilatation was found to have narrowing of the distal part of the left anterior descending coronary artery in diastole. This most unusual finding was ascribed to diastolic compression of the vessel by the enlarged left ventricle. Only 3 similar cases have been found in the literature up to now.
Cokkinos
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Cardiology Department, Tzanio Hospital, Pireus, Greece.
Christoulas
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S
Drakotos
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A
Deliyannis
G
G
D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003971:Diastole; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications