Open AccessA rare cause of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction related to total coronary artery occlusion: Dual RCA
Author(s) -
Belma Kalaycı,
Muhammed Raşit Sayın
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of the cardiovascular academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-6012
pISSN - 2405-8181
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcac.2016.06.007
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , coronary occlusion , right coronary artery , occlusion , st elevation , elevation (ballistics) , coronary angiography , geometry , mathematics
Dual right coronary artery (RCA) is one of the rarest coronary anomalies. We presented a 61-year-old male referred with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Angiogram revealed a stenosis-free RCA and another RCA with total occlusion of the proximal segment and originating from the same aortic sinus was also found. Total coronary occlusion increases mortality in patients with NSTEMI. In this paper we discussed that the presence of dual RCA may actually prevent undesired cardiac events