Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the right sinus of valsalva in a man with unstable angina pectoris and right coronary artery stenosis.
A 54-year-old man developed unstable angina pectoris and was found to have both an anomalous left coronary artery, which arose from the right sinus of Valsalva and followed an intramyocardial (septal) course, and severe atherosclerotic stenosis of the mid-right coronary artery. Stress perfusion imaging showed ischemia in the distribution of the right coronary artery, leading to successful percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty of the right coronary artery rather than surgical correction of the congenital anomaly.
Rentoukas
Elias
E
Department of Cardiology, Athens General Hospital G. Gennimatas, Greece.
Alpert
Martin A
MA
Deftereos
Spiros
S
Foukarakis
Manolis
M
Nikas
Dimitris
D
Lazaros
George
G
Zacharoulis
Apostolos
A
D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D010477:Perfusion; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000473:pathology*