title: Slit-Like Deformation of the Coronary Sinus Orifice due to Compression of the Inferior Pyramidal Space by the Severely Dilated Left Ventricle.
abstract: The coronary sinus is located within the inferior pyramidal space, which is the part of the epicardial visceral fibroadipose tissue wedging between the four cardiac chambers from the bottom of the heart. Therefore, this region is susceptible to the morphological changes of the cardiac chambers. We present a case of slit-like deformation of the coronary sinus orifice due to compression of the inferior pyramidal space by the severely dilated left ventricle, which has not been previously described.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichibori
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. shumpei_8@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Shumpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomofumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takaya
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiuchi
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Sei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuzawa
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishii
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kono
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirata
mesh_terms: D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods
keywords: cardiac resynchronization therapy; coronary sinus; dilated cardiomyopathy; inferior pyramidal space; multidetector-row computed tomography