Open AccessSingle left coronary artery with origin of the right coronary artery from distal circumflex
Author(s) -
Shammas Ronny L.,
Miller Michael J.,
Babb Joseph D.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960240115
Subject(s) - medicine , circumflex , right coronary artery , cardiology , ostium , left coronary artery , artery , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
We report two very unusual cases of agenesis of the right coronary ostium with continuation of the left circumflex artery as the right coronary artery. The recognition of the anomaly in the first case lead to a better understanding of this finding in the second case, which translated into shorter procedure time, less contrast volume, and fewer catheter manipulations.