Left Main Coronary Artery Compression Syndrome with an Incomplete Atrioventricular Septal Defect Presenting as Angina Induced by Hyperthyroidism
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- Kusunose Kenya
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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- Tomita Noriko
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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- Nishio Susumu
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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- Bando Mika
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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- Hayashi Shuji
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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- Hotchi Junko
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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- Iwase Takashi
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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- Yamada Hirotsugu
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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- Sata Masataka
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
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Abstract
We herein report the case of a 29-year-old woman who was diagnosed with incomplete atrioventricular septal defect and extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) with chest pain due to postpartum thyroiditis. She exhibited chest pain with ST elevation, and coronary computed tomography showed that the LMCA was compressed between the dilated pulmonary artery and aorta. After her hyperthyroidism was treated, her chest pain resolved. Surgical repair of endocardiosis and coronary bypass grafting were performed. On the one-year follow-up visit, the dilation of the pulmonary artery and right heart was decreased. It is important to consider the possibility of compression of the LMCA in patients presenting with pulmonary hypertension and chest pain.<br>
Journal
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- Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine 53 (18), 2083-2085, 2014
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
