BACKGROUND Anomalous origin of coronary arteries is a relatively rare entity, which may show different clinical forms and develop an adverse outcome. Multislice coronary angiotomography has gained importance in daily clinical practice, representing an important patient assessment method with great potential in the anatomical evaluation of these arteries. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to describe...

Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery found in a symptomatic 9-year-old boy was initially treated with coronary artery bypass grafting using a left internal mammary artery anastomoses to the left anterior descending coronary artery, but resulted in coronary ischemia, likely from a steal phenomenon. Subsequent transection of the proximal left internal mammary artery with anastomosis to th...

Patients with anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery rarely survive to adult life. Those who attain adulthood may present with angina indistinguishable from coronary artery disease and are liable to sudden death. Myocardial infarction, though rare in young adults, may occur and may be due to coronary artery steal. Accurate diagnosis requires coronary arteriography. Two...

The anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (RCA) as a branch from the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is a very rare variation of the single coronary artery anomaly. The anomalous vessel arises from the proximal or midportion of the LAD and courses anterior to the pulmonary artery trunk in most instances. In this case report, a 61-year-old woman is introduced who underwent coronary...

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare condition. Two cases are presented in this paper. One case was treated by ligation and coronary artery bypass. The other was treated by direct reimplantation of the anomalous coronary artery into the aorta.

OBJECTIVE To retrospectively determine the imaging features of coronary artery anomalies depicted at dual-source computed tomographic coronary angiography (DSCT-CA). METHODS We reviewed the case histories of 12,145 patients with suspected coronary arterial disease who underwent DSCT-CA at our institution. Multiplanar reformation, maximum-intensity projection, and volume-rendered imaging were ...

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery and left ventricular myocardial hypokinesis were visualised by cross-sectional echocardiography. Significant dilatation of the right coronary artery was another important finding. Cross-sectional echocardiography appears to be useful for evaluating patients with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare congenital disease responsible for a high mortality rate in childhood. Here, we report for the first time the case of an asymptomatic 61-year old patient showing a combination of anomalous origin of the left anterior descending artery from pulmonary artery and atherosclerotic stenosis in both the right coronary art...

The clinical and angiographic findings in 10 patients with anomalous origin of the left main (LM) coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva are presented. The initial course of the anomalous artery was between the aorta and the pulmonary trunk in 6 patients (5 men and 1 woman), and posterior to the aorta in 4 patients (3 women and 1 man). The best coronary angiographic projection to dete...

Coronary artery anomalies (CAAs) are present at birth, but are usually asymptomatic and are found during coronary angiography or multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) detection. The most common coronary anomaly is the separating origin of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and left circumflex artery (LCX) from the left sinus of Valsalva, and this variant is benign. Herein, we prese...