title: Unique single coronary artery with acute myocardial infarction: observation of the culprit lesion by intravascular ultrasound and coronary angioscopy.
abstract: We report an acute myocardial infarction in a patient with a single coronary artery. The right coronary artery arose from the middle portion in the left anterior descending artery through the transverse branch. This type of single coronary artery has not been previously reported. Moreover, this is the first report in which the culprit lesion in a patient with a single coronary artery was observed by intravascular ultrasound and coronary angioscopy. The patient underwent successful coronary stent deployment.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, Nippon Medical School, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Imba, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seimiya
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamatsu
authors.forename: Fumiyuki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Noritake
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Kyoichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017546:Angioscopy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional