title: Coronary obstruction by a calcific pericardial ring.
abstract: We report the unique case of a 62-year-old man whose left anterior descending artery was intermittently obstructed by a heavily calcified pericardial ring. This is a rare case in which a coronary artery has been compressed because of constrictive pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Suresh T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Bhagia
authors.forename: Aashish R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Reul
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium