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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1819-1820
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Delayed diagnosis of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery 16 years after mitral valve replacement

Akihiko Ohkado, MDa, Masafumi Yashima, MDa, Masakuni Ishiyama, MDa, Shigehiro Morishima, MDa, Eiichi Tei, MDa

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ayase Heart Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted for publication April 29, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Ohkado, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women’s Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 162

Mitral insufficiency caused by ischemia is frequently found in anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. We report a case of a 25-year-old woman who was diagnosed to have anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery and had successful left internal mammary artery bypass grafting 16 years after mitral valve replacement for mitral insufficiency of an unknown cause in her childhood.




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