title: Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shichijo
authors.forename: Shusuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsujiyama
authors.forename: Futoshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tadehara
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hinoi
mesh_terms: 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