title: Coronary compression caused by stenting a right pulmonary artery conduit.
abstract: Extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery is a rare and life-threatening complication of endovascular stenting of pulmonary artery conduits. This case report describes fatal myocardial infarction caused by compression of the left main coronary artery due to stent placement in a stenosed right pulmonary artery conduit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. marc.gewillig@uzleuven.be
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gewillig
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*