Complete Left Coronary Artery Obstruction

Isolated Left Coronary Ostial Stenosis -A Case Report-

“…In a previously reported series 1 – 6 ) , the incidence of ostial stenosis has varied between 0.13 and 2.7%, and in the majority of cases there is a coexisting disease in the multiple coronary vessels. It has been assumed to be atherosclerotic in origin 1 – 5 ) and excludes the coexisting homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, otherwise normal coronary vessels in patients with syphilis 6 – 10 ) or other form of aortitis, congenital anomaly 11 ) and iatrogenic ostial stenosis 12 – 16 ) as a complication of coronary angiography or after coronary perfusion at the time of cardiac surgery 12 – 14 ) .…”