Extracardiac compression of the inferolateral branch of the coronary vein by the descending aorta in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy

Extracardiac compression of the inferolateral branch of the coronary vein by the descending aorta in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy

Extracardiac structures can cause distortion of cardiac anatomy particularly in patients presenting with a significantly dilated heart, and/or thoracic deformities. We present the case of a 69-year-old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy. Preoperative el...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Konishi, MD, PhD, Shumpei Mori, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Nishii, MD, PhD, Yu Izawa, MD, Naoki Tamada, MD, Hidekazu Tanaka, MD, PhD, Kunihiko Kiuchi, MD, PhD, Koji Fukuzawa, MD, PhD, Ken-ichi Hirata, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427617301679

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