Duplicated coronary sinus with a connecting branch
Author(s) -
Takumi Yamada,
Hugh T. McElderry,
Vance J. Plumb,
Harish Doppalapudi,
Andrew E. Epstein,
G. Neal Kay
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eun088
Subject(s) - coronary sinus , medicine , venography , anatomy , cardiac resynchronization therapy , cardiology , coronary angiography , sinus (botany) , left bundle branch block , bundle branch block , main branch , heart failure , electrocardiography , ejection fraction , thrombosis , business , botany , myocardial infarction , business administration , genus , biology
A 48-year-old woman with class III heart failure and left bundle branch block underwent an implantation for cardiac resynchronization therapy. Right anterior oblique (RAO) view coronary sinus (CS) venography suggested the antero- and postero-lateral branches appeared to arise from the same vessel of a duplicated CS, but the antero-lateral branch arising from a different vessel was visualized via a connecting branch by the contrast injected into the vessel with the postero-lateral branch, and the distal parts of the two vessels were superimposed in the RAO view. This unusual anomaly may have the potential risk for complications such as perforations.
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