Tratamento cirúrgico de paciente adulto com origem anômala da artéria interventricular anterior do tronco da artéria pulmonar / Adult patient with anomalous origin of anterior interventricular artery at main pulmonary artery
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 90(6): e42-e44, jun. 2008. ilus
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RESUMO
Das cardiopatias congênitas, a origem anômala da artéria interventricular anterior apresenta incidência de 1300.000, com alta mortalidade até o primeiro ano de vida, mas que na presença de boa circulação colateral para a artéria relacionada à anomalia, pode manter o paciente assintomático até a vida adulta. Relatamos o caso, raro, de um paciente de 43 anos, oligossintomático e com função ventricular normal que apresentava essa doença e foi submetido a tratamento cirúrgico sem circulação extracorpórea.
ABSTRACT
From all congenital cardiopathies, anomalous origin of anterior interventricular artery occurs once per 300,0000 live births, reporting high mortality in the first year after birth. However, if good collateral circulation is available for the artery related to the abnormality, the patient may be kept asymptomatic until mature age. This is the report on a rare case of a 43-year-old patient who was oligosymptomatic, with normal ventricular function in this pathology presentation. The patient was submitted to surgical treatment with no extracorporeal circulation.
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Artery
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Collateral Circulation
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Coronary Vessel Anomalies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Santa Helena Hospital do Coração/BR