title: Two rare conditions in an Eisenmenger patient: left main coronary artery compression and Ortner's syndrome due to pulmonary artery dilatation.
abstract: The left-main coronary artery extrinsic compression due to enlarged pulmonary artery has been described in several case series. Ortner's syndrome is also a rare condition in some cardiovascular disorders. There have been no reports about these two rare conditions in the same patient. Hence, we report a very rare case of an Eisenmenger patient with severe pulmonary hypertension and dilated pulmonary artery which has compressed the left main coronary artery, severely narrowing it, and the left laryngeal recurrent nerve with subsequent Ortner's syndrome and brief literature review.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. kristina.n.andjelkovic@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andjelkovic
authors.forename: Dimitra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kalimanovska-Ostric
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djukic
authors.forename: Vladan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vukcevic
authors.forename: Nemanja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Menkovic
authors.forename: Zlatko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mehmedbegovic
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Topalovic
authors.forename: Milorad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tesic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Eisenmenger syndrome; Left main compression; Ortner's syndrome; Pulmonary dilatation; Pulmonary hypertension