Left main coronary artery compression by aneurysmal pulmonary artery in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 1999 Apr;46(4):438-40. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199904)46:4<438::AID-CCD10>3.0.CO;2-6.

Abstract

We describe an 11-year-old girl with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve, who on selective coronary angiography was found to have extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery by the aneurysmally dilated pulmonary artery. This abnormality has not been reported previously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / complications*
  • Child
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Pulmonary Valve / abnormalities*
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / complications*