title: Coronary anomalies encountered in the acute setting: an imaging review.
abstract: A broad spectrum of congenital coronary anomalies may be discovered on imaging and sometimes in the emergency setting on computed tomography (CT). Most coronary artery anomalies are of academic interest; however, a minority can cause morbidity and mortality and symptoms such as angina, myocardial infarction, or arrhythmias. These anomalies are usually discovered as an incidental finding on CT examinations as part of the diagnostic workup for other pathology or on dedicated coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) as part of the evaluation for a coronary cause of chest pain. The purpose of this pictorial review is to demonstrate the types of coronary anomalies and to enhance the clinicians' understanding of the imaging classifications and clinical implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA, Waqas.shuaib@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Waqas
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shuaib
authors.forename: Chesnal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arepalli
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vijayasarathi
authors.forename: Martin L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gunn
authors.forename: Savvas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicolau
authors.forename: Ajeet Singh
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Jamlik-Omari
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Faisal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khosa
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed