Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Dec 2022)

Single coronary ostium with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy treated using the Morrow procedure: a case report

  • Xin Lv,
  • Jianhua Li,
  • Chuanzhen Liu,
  • Ruyuan Wei,
  • Lingwei Meng,
  • Xiangjin Kong,
  • Kaiming Wei,
  • Guangqing Cao,
  • Kai Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-02084-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

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Abstract Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a commonly inherited heart disease. In addition, single coronary artery (SCA) is a rare congenital anomaly of the coronary arteries. And SCA concomitant with severe hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) has seldom been reported in the literature. However, such cases have not been reported to be treated with the Morrow procedure. Case presentation Herein, we presented a case of a 64-year-old female diagnosed with a single left coronary artery with severe HOCM. The HOCM was treated with the Morrow procedure. The patient was discharged on the seventh postoperative day and was asymptomatic during the follow-up. Conclusion To our knowledge, this is the first study reporting a single left coronary artery with severe HOCM treated with the Morrow procedure. In addition, myocardial protection by cardioplegia antegrade perfusion was safe for the patient with SCA and HOCM.

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