title: Anomalous origin of left circumflex coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery in adult.
abstract: Anomalous coronary arteries occur in less than 2% of the general population. The left circumflex (LCx) artery's origin from the pulmonary artery as a cause of classic angina in adults is extremely uncommon. We report a case of ischemic heart disease due to an origin of the LCx artery from the right main pulmonary artery in a 33-year-old man. Successful surgical correction of this defect was performed with total cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Klinikum, Augsburg, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Danov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kornovski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hazarbasanov
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panayotov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome