Coronary obstruction by a calcific pericardial ring.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Calcinosis
- Cardiomyopathies
- Coronary Stenosis
- Pericardium