Chest pain due to coronary artery compression in an adult with CHD

Cardiol Young. 2024 Feb;34(2):452-454. doi: 10.1017/S1047951123004274. Epub 2023 Dec 27.

Abstract

A 47-year-old with repaired ventricular septal defect and pulmonary valve stenosis as a child presents with chronic intermittent chest pain. CT evaluation for transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement revealed right coronary artery compression between a sternal wire and dilated right ventricle. Removal of the sternal wire resulted in improved symptoms.

Keywords: adult CHD; pulmonary regurgitation; right coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chest Pain / diagnosis
  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Coronary Vessels
  • Heart Defects, Congenital*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / complications
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery