A Rare Coronary Anomaly: Atypical Double Right Coronary Artery With an Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction

被引:2
作者
Acet, Halit [1 ]
Ozyurtlu, Ferhat [1 ]
Bilik, Mehmet Zihni [1 ]
Ertas, Faruk [2 ]
机构
[1] Diyarbakir Training & Res Hosp, Dept Cardiol, TR-21090 Diyarbakir, Turkey
[2] Dicle Univ, Fac Med, Dept Cardiol, Diyarbakr, Turkey
关键词
Coronary vessel anomalies; Myocardial infarction; Atherosclerosis; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE-TISSUE; PATIENT;
D O I
10.4070/kcj.2012.42.3.208
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Coronary artery anomalies are uncommon and often asymptomatic. A double right coronary artery (RCA) is an extremely rare coronary artery anomaly, and only a few cases of double RCA have been reported. We report on an atherosclerotic double RCA that appeared after primary percutaneous intervention in a patient with an acute inferior myocardial infarction. This is the second case in the literature in which coronary arteries can be accepted as a double RCA, which were hidden by a total atherosclerotic occlusion in the proximal part of the RCA.
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页数:4
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