title: Right coronary artery arising from pulmonary trunk: assessment with conventional coronary angiography and multislice computed tomography coronary angiography.
abstract: We present a case of a 59-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital because of atypical chest pain and dyspnea. Conventional coronary angiography showed an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk. The patient underwent multislice computed tomography in order to clarify the origin and course of the anomalous vessel. The aim of this report is to emphasize the role of multislice computed tomography as an accurate noninvasive imaging tool in the evaluation of coronary artery anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, 'San Gennaro' Hospital, ASL Napoli 1, Naples, Italy bLaboratory of Interventional Cardiology, 'Clinica Mediterranea', Naples, Italy. carlo.tedeschi@hotmail.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tedeschi
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Briguori
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: Gennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ratti
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cademartiri
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tammaro
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Midiri
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capogrosso
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003287:Contrast Media; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol