Title of article
Anomalous Origin of the Left Anterior Descending Artery: A Report of Two Cases with Different Course of Target Vessels
Author/Authors
canga, yigit training research hospital - siyami ersek thoracic and cardiovascular surgery center, Turkey , bezgin, tahir kartal ko¸suyolu heart research hospital, Turkey , karatas, mehmet baran training research hospital - siyami ersek thoracic and cardiovascular surgery center, Turkey , calik, ali nazmi training research hospital - siyami ersek thoracic and cardiovascular surgery center, Turkey , sahin, sinan training research hospital - siyami ersek thoracic and cardiovascular surgery center, Turkey , bolca, osman training research hospital - siyami ersek thoracic and cardiovascular surgery center, Turkey
From page
1
To page
4
Abstract
Introduction: Anomaly of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva is infrequently seen. Case Presentation:We described two cases of anomalous origin of theLADfrom the right sinus of Valsalva. The circumflex coronary artery (CX)wasoriginated from the left coronary sinus in the first case. Therewasa superdominant right coronary artery with absent CX artery in the second case. Conclusions: Absence of the CX artery was proven by coronary computed tomography angiography.
Keywords
Coronary Anomaly , Absent CX , Superdominant RCA
Journal title
Research in Cardiovascular Medicine
Journal title
Research in Cardiovascular Medicine
Record number
2557480
Link To Document