title: Abnormal coronary artery connection to the left ventricle in a patient with coronary artery disease.
abstract: We report the case of a 53-year-old man who presented with typical angina and dyspnea on exertion. Besides coronary artery disease based on atherosclerosis, the patient demonstrated a rare coronary anomaly consisting of an atypical connection of the left coronary system with the left ventricle. Both pathologic conditions could be treated successfully by cardiac operations. Besides conventional coronary angiography examinations, cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) studies help to demonstrate the complex anatomy in congenital coronary anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany. drpeterfries@googlemail.com
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fries
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massmann
authors.forename: Hermann Hubert
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Amelie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hübner
authors.forename: Hans-Joachim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schäfers
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed