title: Intravascular ultrasound to guide stenting of an anomalous right coronary artery coursing between the aorta and pulmonary artery.
abstract: We report on a case of anomalous right coronary artery with interarterial course which caused severe symptoms and was treated percutaneously after failed bypass surgery. Using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance, a drug eluting stent was placed at the ostium of the anomalous artery, correcting both the baseline narrowing and the phasic, systolic arterial compression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Italo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Porto
authors.forename: Simon T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Selvanayagam
authors.forename: Adrian P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Banning
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional