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Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation with anomalous left anterior descending coronary artery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2018

Dennis VanLoozen
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Zahid Amin*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Z. Amin, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street BA 8300, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. Tel: +706 721 2336; Fax: +706 721 3838; E-mail: zamin@augusta.edu

Abstract

Percutaneous pulmonary valve placement in patients with an anomalous coronary artery is rare and can be complicated by coronary artery compression. We report successful implantation of a percutaneous pulmonary valve in a patient with an anomalous left anterior descending artery.

Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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References

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