Extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) by a dilated pulmonary artery can be life threatening in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients; however, it can be treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. In this case report, we presented a successful treatment with the stenting of the LMCA stenosis associated with extrinsic compression of LMCA by a dilated pulmonary artery.
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