• M Nonoyama, A Hashimoto, S Aomi, M Endo, and H Koyanagi.
• Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Heart Institute of Japan, Japan.
• Kyobu Geka. 1996 Oct 1; 49 (11): 912-5.

AbstractWe encountered a 40-year-old male patient diagnosed to have an atrial septal defect combined with pulmonary hypertension and left main coronary artery stenosis of 50% caused by a dilated pulmonary artery. Preoperative Trazoline tolerance test revealed an increase in pulmonary artery pressure from 77/22(40) to 85/24(42), and a decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance from 4.2 U.m2 to 3.6 U.m2. Moreover, his treadmill exercise test was positive. We performed only a patch closure of the atrial septal defect. The postoperative catheterization examination showed normal pulmonary artery pressure, mild mitral valve regurgitation, and improvement of the left main coronary artery stenosis from 50% to 41%. After 6 months, his treadmill exercise test was negative. We believe that it is important to estimate preoperatively for the possible reversibility of pulmonary hypertension in a patient with an atrial septal defect combined with a left main coronary artery stenosis caused by a dilated pulmonary artery.

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