title: Single coronary artery: right coronary artery originated from middle of left anterior descending artery in a patient with severe mitral regurgitation.
abstract: The single coronary artery is a benign and very rare coronary artery abnormality. Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery originating from the left anterior descending artery has been reported previously in just a few cases. In this article, we presented a patient with an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the midportion of the left anterior descending artery. The anomalous coronary artery was discovered incidentally during a coronary angiography performed prior to mitral valve surgery.
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayis University Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Samsun, Turkey. drmeric@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meric
authors.forename: Sabri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demircan
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pinar
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuksel
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*