title: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and stent insertion in a single left coronary artery.
abstract: Anomalous coronary arteries are rare and single coronary arteries are very rare congenital abnormalities. Significant stenoses within these arteries have been described, but interventional procedures on such anomalies are very infrequently performed. We describe a patient with angina pectoris and a single left coronary artery with multiple lesions treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and intra-coronary stent implantation. Our case shows that when the anatomy is not too abnormal, even multivessel PTCA and stent employment can be performed successfully in single coronary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Thomas Drive, Liverpool, United Kingdom, L14 3PE. johnsomauroo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Somauroo
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Amadi
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ramsdale
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency