title: Unusual combination of total occlusion of left main coronary artery and heart failure with pulmonary hemosiderosis: case report.
abstract: A case of total occlusion of the left main coronary artery, congestive heart failure, and pulmonary hemosiderosis in a 54-year-old man is reported. Cardiac catheterization showed total occlusion of the left main coronary artery, subtotal occlusion of the right coronary artery, severely deranged hemodynamics, and an akinetic left ventricle except for a hypokinetic posterobasal segment. A radionuclide left ventricular performance study revealed an ejection fraction of 0.16 with diffuse biventricular hypokinesis and dilatation. Despite all the risk factors, the patient underwent a total of six saphenous vein grafts without perioperative or immediate postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Clayton Foundation for Research Cardiovascular Laboratories and the Division of Cardiology of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Elayda
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hall