Coronary stent implantation in patients with a single coronary artery--a report of 3 cases.
An isolated single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly and a cause of cardiac ischemia, congestive heart failure, and sudden cardiac death. Reported here are 3 cases of single coronary artery with acute myocardial infarction in which coronary stenting was performed. Also reported are the coronary blood flow patterns of the right coronary artery arising from the single left coronary artery.
Sasao
Hisataka
H
Department of Cardiology, Hakodate Goryokaku Hospital, Goryokaku-cho 38-3, Hakodate 040-8611, Japan. sasao2000@yahoo.co.jp
Hasegawa
Tohru
T
Endo
Akita
A
Fujiwara
Tadashi
T
Kikuchi
Yuka
Y
Oimatsu
Hiroshi
H
Takada
Takehito
T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents