[Anomalous origin of coronary arteries from the aorta].
The authors report the series of 9 patients (6 male and 3 female, aged from 32 to 64 years) with anomalous origin of coronary arteries from the aorta discovered at coronary arteriography. In 4 cases, the circumflex, artery aries from the right coronary sinus and in 5 cases, the right coronary artery arises from the left coronary sinus. Severe atherosclerotic coronary disease was discovered in 5 cases. We conclude that aberrant coronary origin from the aorta is a rare congenital anomalous discovered usually at coronary angiography and certain patients with this anomalous can develop severe myocardial ischemia especially when a vessel runs between the aorta and pulmonary artery.
Chérif
Ali
A
Service des Erplorations Fonctionnelles Cardiaques, Hôpital la Rabta, Tunis.
Ezzar
Taoufik
T
Mourali
Sami
S
Bouladi
Wajih
W
Mechmèche
Rachid
R
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged