[Angiographic and stress echocardiographic evaluation after surgical treatment of Bland-White-Garland syndrome and mitral valve insufficiency]

Kardiol Pol. 2012;70(10):1038-40.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

We report case of 58-year-old male patient with severe mitral insufficiency in whom in preoperative angiography anomalous left anterior descending coronary artery arising from pulmonary artery was revealed. Patient successfully underwent mitral valve replacement, ligation and bypass of left anterior descending artery. Eighteen months after surgery control exercise echocardiography and angiography were performed to evaluate coronary flow, valve prosthesis and left ventricle function.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
  • Echocardiography, Stress
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Ligation
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome