title: Successful coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion in an anomalous right coronary artery using the retrograde approach via a collateral vessel.
abstract: We report the first case in the literature of successful coronary intervention in a totally occluded anomalous right coronary artery originating from the left sinus of Valsalva using several techniques, including the retrograde approach via a collateral vessel, the anchoring technique and the five-in-six system.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Laboratory, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, 1202-1 Yamazaki, Kamakura 247-8533, Japan. kaneda@kamakuraheart.org
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.forename: Saeko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome