title: The left anterior descending artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva: a case report.
abstract: Coronary artery anomalies occur in less than 1% of patients who undergo coronary angiography and they account for 1% to 2% of all cases of congenital heart disease. The most commonly encountered anomaly, the circumflex artery originating from the right coronary artery or the right sinus of Valsalva, is usually well tolerated. The patient in the case presented here was found to have a left anterior descending artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva - a situation that is very rarely encountered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Kenan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yalta
authors.forename: Okan Onur
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: Mehmet Birhan
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karadas
authors.forename: Alim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozyol
authors.forename: Izzet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tandogan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities*