title: Myocardial ischemia caused by a coronary anomaly left anterior descending coronary artery arising from right sinus of Valsalva.
abstract: We present the case of a patient in anomalous origin of the left anterior descending coronary artery that caused myocardial ischemia and led to positive myocardial scintigraphic results. Coronary angiography showed that the left anterior descending coronary artery arose from the right coronary ostium-an anomaly that has been associated with chest discomfort-without atherosclerotic lesions. Left circumflex artery and the diagonal branches were arising from the left main coronary artery and the whole coronary tree were free of atherosclerosis.
authors.forename: Sait Mesut
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gursurer
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gocer
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cabuk
authors.forename: Aydin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dursun
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005080:Exercise Test; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon