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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:595-597
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Coronary obstruction by a calcific pericardial ring

Suresh T. Bhagia, MDa, Aashish R. Patel, BSa, George J. Reul, MD*a

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas USA

Accepted for publication December 5, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Reul, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, 1101 Bates St, Rm O 298H, Houston, TX 77030 USA
e-mail: greul{at}heart.thi.tmc.edu

We report the unique case of a 62-year-old man whose left anterior descending artery was intermittently obstructed by a heavily calcified pericardial ring. This is a rare case in which a coronary artery has been compressed because of constrictive pericarditis.




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