title: Single coronary ostium in right coronary sinus: previously unreported "one for all" configuration.
abstract: We report our identification of a single coronary ostium arising from the right coronary sinus of Valsalva, in a 63-year-old woman who presented with chest pain atypical of angina. Coronary angiograms showed that the left anterior descending coronary artery arose from a right ventricular branch and that the left circumflex coronary artery arose from a right posterolateral branch. Both arteries reconstituted themselves in a backward fashion from the apex to the base of the heart-a configuration that to our knowledge has not been reported. The patient was treated conservatively and reported no chest pain 24 months later.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Njeim
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nasr
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Younes
authors.forename: Thomas K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Gerald C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nour
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Coronary angiography; coronary vessel anomalies/classification/pathology/radiography; coronary vessels/pathology