Percutaneous coronary intervention of a totally occluded anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of valsalva with the use of multiple overlapping drug-eluting stents ("full-metal jacket" technique).
Coronary arterial anomalies occur in approximately 1% of the population, without other congenital cardiac malformations. We report our experience involving 1 patient who had a totally occluded anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of Valsalva which was successfully treated with the implantation of multiple overlapping drug-eluting stents ("full-metal jacket" technique).
Graidis
Christos
C
Euromedica-Blue Cross Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. chgraidi@otenet.gr
Dimitriadis
Dimokritos
D
Chamouratidis
Nikolaos
N
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities*; D015607:Stents