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Anomalous Coronary Circulation: Left Anterior Descending and Left Circumflex Coronary Arteries Arising from the Right Sinus of Valsalva
Author(s) -
Surana Sikander P.,
Doddamani Sanjay,
Swaminathan Arun,
Mehta Mansi B.,
Zeltser Roman,
Vatsia Sheel K.,
Makaryus Amgad N.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01610.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , circumflex , presyncope , chest pain , coronary arteries , right coronary artery , sinus (botany) , coronary sinus , cardiac catheterization , sudden cardiac death , coronary angiography , radiology , artery , myocardial infarction , heart rate , blood pressure , botany , biology , genus
Approximately 1% of adults who undergo cardiac catheterization have coronary anomalies. Patients may present with chest pain, arrhythmias, presyncope, and sometimes sudden cardiac death. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is an excellent tool for identifying coronary artery anomalies and defining their course and relationship to the great vessels and surrounding structures; its value is incremental to conventional angiography. We present a rare case of a coronary anomaly involving three separate ostia at the right sinus of Valsalva for the left and right coronary vessels. (Echocardiography 2012;29:E102‐E104)