title: Rota-stenting of a calcified anomalous left coronary artery via the arm in a multi-vasculopathic patient.
abstract: Anomalous origins of the coronary arteries pose a challenge to the interventionalist. Diagnostic testing must take into account the possibility that perfusion patterns may be unusual but not pathologic, resulting in false-positive perfusion scanning. Treatment strategies must be customized to allow unusual access and passage of devices around angulations not commonly encountered. In this report, we describe a patient with severe peripheral arterial disease requiring the use of a 7 French multipurpose guide via the brachial approach for rotational atherectomy and stenting of a calcified and angulated anomalous left coronary.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, NY 10003, USA. jwilentz@att.net
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilentz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kunchithapatham
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents