Congenital atresia of the ostium of the left coronary artery. Diagnostic difficulty and successful surgical revascularization in two patients

We report two cases of congenital atresia of the ostium of the left coronary artery. Case 1: a six-month-old infant presenting with serious cardiac insufficiency. A noninvasive diagnosis of dilated myocardiopathy was established and the clinical picture was pharmacologically compensated. When the pa...

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Main Authors: Fernando Amaral, Carla Tanamati, João A Granzotti, Jorge L Haddad, João Ronaldo A Leite, Miguel Barbero-Marcial
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2000-04-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2000000400005