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Left main coronary artery atresia in an infant with Shone’s complex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2016

Matthew F. Pizzuto  and
Jeffrey D. Zampi
Matthew F. Pizzuto
Affiliation:
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Jeffrey D. Zampi*
Affiliation:
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: J. D. Zampi, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, University of Michigan, 1540 E. Hospital Drive, Floor 11, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States of America. Tel: +734 936 8997; Fax: +734 936 9470; E-mail: jzampi@med.umich.edu
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Abstract

A 6-month-old infant with Shone’s complex was found to have left main coronary artery atresia during evaluation for recurrent subaortic stenosis with depressed left ventricular function. The ventricular function improved after surgical subaortic resection without coronary re-vascularisation. This case demonstrates first the rare finding of left main coronary artery atresia and second that coronary re-vascularisation is not necessarily required in all cases of left main coronary artery atresia.

Keywords

Congenital coronary anomaliesleft main coronary atresiaShone’s complex

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , June 2016 , pp. 991 - 992
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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