Cardiovasc Imaging Asia.  2019 Jul;3(3):96-98. 10.22468/cvia.2019.00101.

Anomalous Origin of Left Main Coronary Artery from the Right Coronary Artery: Echocardiographic Diagnosis

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  • 1Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. lucacerry90@gmail.com
  • 2Department of Radiology, G.B. Rossi Policlinic, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Abstract

An anomalous origin of the coronary artery is rarely seen in clinical practice, and left coronary artery arising from the right coronary artery is an extremely rare anomalous coronary anomaly. Echocardiographic assessment of coronary arteries is an important component of routine cardiovascular evaluation, but detection of an anomalous coronary origin remains a challenge to operators. We report a case of a 42-year-old women presenting to the hospital with atypical chest pain for whom echocardiographic evaluation revealed a coronary artery anomaly.

Keyword

Coronary artery; Coronary vessels, anomalies; Tomography; Echocardiography; Heart defect, congenital

MeSH Terms

Adult
Chest Pain
Coronary Vessels*
Diagnosis*
Echocardiography*
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital
Humans
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