title: Dual anterior interventricular arteries.
abstract: A patient with dual left anterior descending (R. interventricularis anterior of the left coronary artery) coronary artery is presented. A normally arising left anterior descending was hypoplastic, and an anomalous left anterior descending, which arose from the right sinus aorticus had a normal caliber. The anomalous left anterior descending artery traversed between the aorta and the pulmonary artery supplying most of the anterior myocardial wall of the left ventricle. This rare coronary anomaly can potentially have implications on percutaneous coronary interventions or on surgical revascularization procedures.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals/Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond 23249, USA.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Topaz
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Vetrovec
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Holdaway
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged