Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
A case of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in a 73-year-old man is presented. The patient had been suffering from chronic heart failure with mitral and tricuspid regurgitation and atrial fibrillation for two years. Surgical repair was performed successfully, including ligation of the right coronary artery and coronary arterial bypass with a radial artery graft.
Yamamoto
Shu
S
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Shichijo
Takeshi
T
Matsuo
Shusuke
S
Tsujiyama
Shuji
S
Tadehara
Futoshi
F
Hinoi
Toshihide
T
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000637:transplantation; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications