Identifying the course of an anomalous left coronary artery using contrast-enhanced electron beam tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction.
Coronary anomalies are a rare but recognized cause of myocardial ischemia and sudden death. Until recently, invasive coronary arteriography was the diagnostic method of choice. However, contrast-enhanced electron beam tomography has the advantage of three-dimensional visualization of anomalous coronary arteries. We describe a case of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery.
Sevrukov
Alexander
A
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Aker
Nidal
N
Sullivan
Christopher
C
Jelnin
Vladimir
V
Candipan
Robert C
RC
D003287:Contrast Media; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media