title: Incidental finding of single coronary artery in a patient with alcoholic cardiomyopathy presenting as acute heart failure.
abstract: Single coronary artery is a rare clinical finding. Diagnosis is typically made incidentally after the patient presents with symptoms and undergoes coronary angiography, coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA), or post-mortem during autopsy. Several high-risk features of anomalous coronary arteries have been described in the literature. Our paper describes a case of dilated alcoholic cardiomyopathy presenting as heart failure with diagnostic workup incidentally revealing single coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, 520 East 70th Street, NY, New York, USA. Electronic address: pwm5g@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McNair
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, 520 East 70th Street, NY, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, 520 East 70th Street, NY, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Quynh
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Truong
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center, 520 East 70th Street, NY, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Harsimran
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002310:Cardiomyopathy, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Acute heart failure; Anomalous coronary artery; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Left ventricular dysfunction; Single coronary artery