title: Percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction in a single coronary artery anomaly.
abstract: We report on a case of an adult male patient with previously unknown coronary anomaly and acute myocardial infarction in the territory of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). The coronary angiography showed a single coronary artery with intertruncal course, arising from the right coronary sinus, and thrombotic occlusion of the LAD. Successful transradial percutaneous coronary intervention was done with implantation of an intracoronary stent in the occluded artery. The postprocedural course was complicated by ventricular tachycardia, congestive heart failure, and mild transient renal failure. In conclusion, transradial percutaneous coronary intervention is safe and feasible in rare coronary artery anomalies even in an emergent setting. The finding of an anomalous coronary artery should not be a reason to decline performing coronary intervention.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, National Heart Hospital, 65, Koniovitsa Street, 1309 Sofia, Bulgaria. tchavdar.shalganov@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tchavdar N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Shalganov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017534:Radial Artery; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D015607:Stents; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology