title: [Anomalous origin of coronary arteries from the aorta].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service des Erplorations Fonctionnelles Cardiaques, Hôpital la Rabta, Tunis.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chérif
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ezzar
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mourali
authors.forename: Wajih
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bouladi
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mechmèche
mesh_terms: 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