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Coronary artery narrowing due to extrinsic compression by myocardial abscess

✍ Scribed by Wickline, Cindy L. ;Goli, Vasu D. ;Buell, James C.


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
297 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0098-6569

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✦ Synopsis


A case of aortic valve endocarditis complicated by perivalvular abscess extending into myocardium is presented. Echocardiography and aortography failed to detect the abscess, but coronary angiography revealed its presence by extrinsic compression of left anterior descending and diagonal arteries. Morphological features of thls rare cause for coronary narrowing are described.


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