Unique single coronary artery with acute myocardial infarction: observation of the culprit lesion by intravascular ultrasound and coronary angioscopy.
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.
Takano
Masamichi
M
Cardiovascular Center, Nippon Medical School, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Imba, Chiba, Japan.
Seimiya
Koji
K
Yokoyama
Shinya
S
Okamatsu
Kentaro
K
Ishibashi
Fumiyuki
F
Uemura
Ryota
R
Hata
Noritake
N
Mizuno
Kyoichi
K
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