title: Absence of the Left Main Coronary Artery: MDCT Coronary Angiographic Imaging.
abstract: Absent left main coronary artery (LMCA) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation. We present a case report of a 65-year-old woman with anomalous origin of the left anterior descending (LAD) and circumflex (LCx) artery separated from the left sinus of Valsalva that was diagnosed by multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) coronary angiography. Our case indicates that MDCT plays an important role in the diagnosis of some rare coronary anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yilmaz-Cankaya
authors.affiliation: Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mecit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kantarci
authors.affiliation: Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.affiliation: Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Afak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durur-Karakaya
authors.affiliation: Atatürk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yuce
keywords: Absent Left Main Coronary Artery; Coronary variation; MDCT