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Anomalous origin of the coronary arteries: single trunk
Marcelo Abramoff Continentino; João Luis G. da Silva
Hospital Maternidade Frei Galvão; Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP - Brazil
Mailing address Mailing address: Marcelo Abramoff Continentino Alameda Itu, 846 / 101 - Jardim Paulista 01421-001 - São Paulo, SP - Brazil E-mail: mabramoff@cardiol.br, marabra@ig.com.br
Key words: Coronary sinus; coronary vessels/injuries; tomography, computed.
Introduction
A 68-year-old asymptomatic male patient underwent cardiac CT-scan that showed a single coronary artery in the right coronary sinus bifurcating into right and left coronary arteries. After it's path between the pulmonary artery and aorta, it gave origin to the anterior descending and circumflex arteries.
With the development of new imaging methods, the diagnosis of coronary anomalies has been more common. Most of the cases have no implications; however, some may lead to myocardial ischemia or sudden death. The course between the aorta and the pulmonary artery ("malignant") may lead to arterial compression. In the case described, the patient presented this course, albeit with no symptoms.
Manuscript received June 04, 2009; revised manuscript received June 16, 2009; accepted September 21, 2009.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
22 Sept 2010 -
Date of issue
May 2010
