ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE CIRCUMFLEX CORONARY-ARTERY FROM THE RIGHT SINUS OF VALSALVA AS A CAUSE OF ISCHEMIA AT OLD-AGE

被引:13
作者
ROZENMAN, Y
SCHECHTER, D
GILON, D
GOTSMAN, MS
机构
[1] Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
[2] Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
[3] Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
[4] Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
关键词
CORONARY ANOMALY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; CORONARY ANGULATION;
D O I
10.1002/clc.4960161213
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The ease of a patient with an anomalous origin of the circumflex coronary artery causing myocardial ischemia and infarction is presented. Even though the anomalous artery was not located between aorta and pulmonary artery, this anomaly, which is usually considered benign, was responsible for the ischemic symptoms. Transesophageal echocardiographic study demonstrated an acute angulation at the proximal portion of this abnormal vessel, very close to its origin from the right coronary sinus, which we believe caused the abnormality in coronary now in this patient.
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页码:900 / 901
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