title: Anomalous right coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery and constrictive pericarditis: an unusual association.
abstract: The association of anomalous right coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery and constrictive pericarditis has never been showed in the literature. We present the first case of this unusual association in a patient with right heart failure. After diagnosis, the patient was referred to surgery and underwent phrenic-to-phrenic pericardiectomy; graft implant of right internal thoracic artery to right coronary artery; and ligation of the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Such procedures solved the potential risk of sudden death related to anomalous right coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery and alleviated the symptoms of heart failure caused by constrictive pericarditis.
authors.forename: Odilson Marcos
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: Eduardo Leal
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: Dirceu Thiago Pessoa de
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Ricardo Ribeiro
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Felix J A
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ramires
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mady
mesh_terms: D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D055815:Young Adult