title: Single coronary artery incidence in 215,140 patients undergoing coronary angiography.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of our study is to determine the incidence of single coronary artery (SCA). SCA is a rarely seen coronary anomaly in which the right coronary artery and the left main coronary artery arise from single aortic sinus. Although SCA has a benign course in most cases and its clinical significance is unknown, in some autopsy studies it was shown to be related to sudden cardiac death.
  
  
  METHODS
  SCA patients detected among 215,140 coronary angiographies (CAG) performed between 1998 and 2013 in SANKO Hospital were included in our study. The classification of CAG was made according to the two different classifications defined by Smith and Lipton and colleagues.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total number of 215,140 patients who underwent routine CAG were included in the study, and SCA was detected in 67 (0.031%) patients. There were 6 (9%) type R-I, 23 (34%) type R-II, 10 (15%) type R-III, 16 (24%) type L-I and 12 (18%) type L-II patients according to the angiographic classification.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SCA is rarely seen during routine cardiac catheterisation and its incidence is 0.014-0.066% in angiographic series. In our study, the incidence was shown to be similar to the previous studies.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turkmen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey. yolcudoctor@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yolcu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sertcelik
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ipek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dokumaci
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Batyraliev