title: Occlusion of left coronary ostium with a rudimentary aortic cusp.
abstract: A 74-year-old woman with exertional angina was diagnosed with occlusion of the left coronary ostium associated with a rudimentary aortic valve cusp. A transesophageal echocardiogram, a multi-detector computed tomographic scan, and a coronary angiographic scan revealed the rudimentary aortic cusp covering the small left coronary aortic sinus leading to occlusion of the ostium of the left coronary artery, despite the intact coronary arteries. After excision of the rudimentary left coronary cusp, the left coronary ostium appeared intact. An aortic valve replacement with annular enlargement using a bioprosthetic valve was performed. The patient uneventfully recovered without angina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kusatsu General Hospital, Shiga, Japan. linda99@mac.com
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Tetsunori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawazoe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed