title: Coronary stenting for acute myocardial infarction in a patient with an anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery.
abstract: The angiographical incidence of coronary anomalies was 1.3%. Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva is extremely rare occurring in approximately 0.019% of angiographic series. Most of these anomalies are not clinically important. Percutaneous coronary intervention plays an important role in the management of acute myocardial infarction, and coronary anomalies may determine a lower success rate of this intervention. We report here the unusual case of a patient with single coronary ostium and acute inferior myocardial infarction who underwent successful coronary stenting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ministry of Health, Etlik Ihtısas Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. mduran2@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ornek
authors.forename: Sani Namk
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Murat
authors.forename: Bora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Demircelik
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vatankulu
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turfan
authors.forename: Alparslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurtul
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006801:Humans; D056989:Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents