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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">111</journal-id>
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      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title xml:lang="en">Interventional Cardiology Forum</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">ICF</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2738-8972</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>BulSIC</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3897/icf.2.e89266</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">89266</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Clinical Case</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>Coronary Interventions (Коронарни интервенции)</subject>
          <subject>Coronary Physiology (Коронарна физиология)</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Compression of the left main coronary artery by a pulmonary artery aneurysm – treated with endovascular approach</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Stankov</surname>
            <given-names>Z.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Vasilev</surname>
            <given-names>S.</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">strahilvasilevhealth@gmail.com</email>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Petrov</surname>
            <given-names>I.</given-names>
          </name>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9989-0730</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Acibadem City Clinic - Cardiovascular Center, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria</addr-line>
        <institution>Acibadem City Clinic - Cardiovascular Center, Sofia University</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Sofia</addr-line>
        <country>Bulgaria</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: S. Vasilev (<email xlink:type="simple">strahilvasilevhealth@gmail.com</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: Ivan Martinov</p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2022</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>23</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2022</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2</volume>
      <fpage>25</fpage>
      <lpage>35</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/3AA3B7A9-BFDA-5A74-A83C-70B1FAF04785">3AA3B7A9-BFDA-5A74-A83C-70B1FAF04785</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>19</day>
          <month>06</month>
          <year>2022</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>11</day>
          <month>08</month>
          <year>2022</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Z. Stankov, S. Vasilev, I. Petrov</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>Pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs) are rare with non-specific clinical presentation but may lead to serious complications such as pulmonary artery dissection, rupture and compression of the left main coronary artery (LMCA). Their complications and PAA association with pulmonary hypertension lead to significant morbidity and mortality. The standard treatment strategy is surgical correction of the aneurysm, however percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with clinically significant compression of the LMCA, due to PAA should be considered as a possible treatment approach. In this article, we present a case report of a 73-year-old with polymorbidity, presenting with an acute coronary syndrome, caused by extrinsic compression of the LMCA by PAA. Due to the high surgical risk, we adopted an endovascular approach with stenting of the compressed LMCA with successful restoration of the blood flow and clinical stabilization. In this case, a percutaneous coronary intervention proved to be a safe and effective treatment option for selected patients, who are at high operative risk. </p>
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