title: Unusual dominant course of left circumflex coronary artery to right coronary artery territory with absent right coronary artery.
abstract: A single coronary artery (SCA) is a rare congenital anomaly of the coronary circulation, which is often associated with other congenital anomalies. The reported incidence of a SCA ranges from 0.6 to 1.3% of the population undergoing coronary angiography. The absence of the right coronary artery (RCA) with the origin of the RCA arising from the distal circumflex artery is an extremely rare variant of the SCA. The incidence of the anomaly is uncertain, with few cases reported. We report the case of a 68-year-old female, in whom the RCA arises as an extension of the distal left circumflex coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul 152-703, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hae Yoon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jin Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji Mi
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Yoon Jung
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Cheol Ung
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hong Euy
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Eung Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung-Woon
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Rha
authors.forename: Chang Gyu
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hong Seog
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Dong Joo
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans