title: Native whole-heart coronary imaging for the identification of anomalous origin of the coronary arteries.
abstract: Congenital abnormalities of the coronary arteries are an uncommon cause of chest pain and in some cases may cause sudden cardiac death. We examined with magnetic resonance (MR) a 52 year-old woman presenting with effort angina, and positive treadmill stress test. Whole-heart coronary imaging performed without paramagnetic contrast agents revealed an anomalous origin of a single coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva. This is one of the first reports describing whole-heart coronary MR finding of an anomalous origin of the coronary arteries, obtained without contrast agents.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boffano
authors.forename: Amedeo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiribiri
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cesarani
mesh_terms: D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged