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Giant coronary sinus and a review of the literature

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We report a case of persistent left superior caval vein whom presented with angina pectoris and exertional dyspnea. Echocardiography showed wall motion disturbances with an ejection fraction of 40% and a very large coronary sinus. Our case is a very rare case with a very large coronary sinus presented with angina pectoris.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Sanliurfa Educational and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey

    Zekeriya Kucukdurmaz & Zekeriya Kaya

  2. Cardiology Department, Harran University Medical School, Sanliurfa, Turkey

    Yusuf Sezen

  3. Cardiology Department, Gaziantep University Medical School, Gaziantep, Turkey

    Orhan Ozer & Mehmet Aksoy

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Kucukdurmaz, Z., Sezen, Y., Kaya, Z. et al. Giant coronary sinus and a review of the literature. J Echocardiogr 8, 133–134 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-010-0054-9

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