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Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
A 79-year-old woman presented with a systolic murmur and dyspnea on exertion. Transthoracic echocardiography and multidetector-row computed tomography revealed a giant aneurysm in an abnormal vessel known as Vieussens' arterial ring (VAR). A pulmonary artery VAR fistula was also observed.
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October 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
Acta Cardiol
October 2024
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Eur Heart J Case Rep
September 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Future Cardiol
October 2024
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
The quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is a rare congenital anomaly. We report a 51-year-old woman with QAV who experienced intermittent chest pain due to fibrotic tissue overgrowth from the small left coronary cusp, obstructing the left main coronary artery (LM). Angiography revealed a large "Vieussens' arterial ring," which acted as a collateral channel from the right coronary artery to the left coronary artery, preserving coronary blood flow and left ventricular function.
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