title: Single coronary artery with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery as a branch from the left anterior descending artery: a very rare coronary anomaly.
abstract: Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery arising from the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is a very rare coronary anomaly. It has previously been reported in only six adult cases. In this report, we present a patient with an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the LAD. The patient had anginal symptoms with exercise. Myocardial perfusion imaging with thallium-201 revealed a reversible inferior perfusion defect. We suggest that this could cause myocardial ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Atila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iyisoy
authors.forename: Hurkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kursaklioglu
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barcin
authors.forename: Nadir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barindik
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kose
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demirtas
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes