Circumflex coronary artery agenesis associated with thoracic great vessels anomalies.
Coronary artery anomalies are identified in approximately 1% of patients who undergo angiography; among these, circumflex branch agenesis represents 0.003%. A 38-year-old woman was brought to our emergency department with clinical findings suggestive of acute myocardial infarction. Absence of circumflex branch was reported during angiography. Further analysis showed great vessel abnormalities: the presence of a left superior vena cava, a left arterial trunk of abnormal origin, and a small cerebral aneurysm. To our knowledge, this is the only reported case with such vascular anomalies.
Coppi
Francesca
F
Department of Emergency, Policlinico, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy.
Roversi
Sara
S
Giuliani
Enrico
E
Sansone
Raffaele
R
Sangiorgi
Giuseppe Massimo
GM
Modena
Maria Grazia
MG
Barbieri
Alberto
A
D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans