Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left ventricle in an adult.
A 64-year-old woman was referred to cardiac surgery because of aortic stenosis. At surgery, it was confirmed that the right coronary artery arose from the pars membranacea of the left ventricle 5 mm beneath the commissure between the right coronary and noncoronary cusps.
Okuyama
M
M
Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
Kubota
I
I
Miura
T
T
Nagamine
S
S
Yokoyama
K
K
D000368:Aged; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans