A case of acute myocardial infarction with the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the ascending aorta above the left sinus of Valsalva and left coronary artery from the posterior sinus of Valsalva.
Coronary anomalies are rare angiographic findings. Moreover, there are few reports of cases of an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva and of the left coronary artery from the posterior sinus of Valsalva. Here, we report a case with an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the ascending aorta above the left sinus of Valsalva and the left coronary artery from the posterior sinus of Valsalva. This was observed in a patient who was treated for a myocardial infarction of the inferior wall caused by a thrombus in the proximal right coronary artery. The patient was treated successfully with the implantation of a stent in the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery using a 6Fr Amplatz left 1 catheter.
Lee
Jung-Jin
JJ
Department of Cardiology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
Kim
Dae-Hyeok
DH
Byun
Sung-Su
SS
Choi
Woong-Gil
WG
Lee
Chan-Woo
CW
Yi
Seung-Min
SM
Kwan
Jun
J
Park
Keum-Soo
KS
Lee
Woo-Hyung
WH
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001027:Aortography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed