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6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Mitral insufficiency caused by ischemia is frequently found in anomalous or
igin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. We report a cas
e of a 25-year-old woman who was diagnosed to have anomalous origin of the
left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery and had successful left inte
rnal mammary artery bypass grafting 16 years after mitral valve replacement
for mitral insufficiency of an unknown cause in her childhood. (C) 1998 by
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.