title: Uncommon presentation and surgical correction of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome.
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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Private No-Profit Hospital Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy. cch-segreteria.poli@poliambulanza.it
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brunelli
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amaducci
authors.forename: Zen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mhagna
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Troise
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quaini
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*