Misuraca L, De Caro F, De Carlo M, Barzaghi C, Scioti G, Minzioni G, Petronio AS. Left main compression by an aortic root abscess.
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2012;
13:207-8. [PMID:
22306781 DOI:
10.2459/jcm.0b013e3283511ec8]
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Abstract
A 79-year-old man with severe aortic stenosis, history of coronary artery disease and a recent hospitalization for sepsis presented at our institution following a syncope and angina at rest. Coronary angiography and aortography showed an aortic root abscess, causing left main coronary artery compression. This life-threatening complication of aortic valve endocarditis is rare and requires immediate surgical correction.
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