title: Rarities in the catheterization Lab. A strange type of single coronary artery.
abstract: The single coronary artery, a rare but well described coronary artery anomaly, is considered potentially dangerous. A case of a 71-year old woman, suffering from a moderate arterial hypertension and frequent episodes of atypical chest pain is described. The woman was found to have a strange type of single coronary with hypoplastic circumflex coronary artery, difficulty classifiable as a Lipton R-II A single coronary artery. The anatomical features and classification criteria of the case are also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology Lab, Legnago General Hospital, Legnago (VR), Italy.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Rigatelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gemelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rigatelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans