[A very rare coronary artery anomaly in a patient with corrected transposition of the great arteries]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2015 Dec;16(12):700-1. doi: 10.1714/2088.22590.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

An 84-year-old male affected by correct transposition of the great arteries was admitted for an acute coronary syndrome, complicated by pulmonary edema. Coronary angiography showed a unique coronary anomaly: a common trunk, situated in the right sinus of Valsalva, gave rise to the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), the right coronary artery and an atrial branch; the circumflex coronary artery originated separately but close to the common trunk. A tight stenosis in the proximal LAD was successfully treated by percutaneous coronary intervention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / complications
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery