title: Right coronary artery chronic total occlusion in presence of anomalous origin of left coronary artery.
abstract: Right sinus origin of left coronary artery is a very uncommon congenital coronary anomaly. The presence of an associated totally occluded right coronary artery represents an exceedingly rare picture. An accurate morphologic identification of anomalous arteries, by multi-detector computed tomography, is mandatory before planning any therapeutic intervention. We report an interesting case of chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery in a young patient with anomalous left coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland. ilaria.d@libero.it
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: D'Angeli
authors.forename: Giovanni B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pedrazzini
authors.forename: Francesco F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Faletra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome