Ectopic right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of Valsalva: A rare variant

Mohamed Badri; Nora Qassem; Awadalkareem M A Mohammed; Moh Mah Fadel Allah Eljack; Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed; Osman Kamal Osman Elmahi; Mohammed Eltahier Abdalla Omer

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4996

Ectopic right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of Valsalva: A rare variant

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Oct 26;9(10):e04996. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4996. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Mohamed Badri¹, Nora Qassem², Awadalkareem M A Mohammed², Moh Mah Fadel Allah Eljack³, Khabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed Ahmed⁴, Osman Kamal Osman Elmahi⁵, Mohammed Eltahier Abdalla Omer⁶

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiologist Omdurman Heart Centre Omdurman Teaching Hospital Omdurman Sudan.
² Wad Medani Center for Heart Disease and Surgery Wad Medani Sudan.
³ Wad Medani Center for Heart Disease and Surgery MBBS University of Bakht Alruda Wad Medani Sudan.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine University of Khartoum Khartoum Sudan.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine Ibn Sina University Khartoum Sudan.
⁶ Internal Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Gadarif University Gadarif Sudan.

Abstract

An ectopic coronary artery is observed in 0.05-0.1% of angiographic series, may be of tangential origin or proximal endocardial pathway, may result in a slit hole that interferes with flow, and is associated with sudden death.

Keywords: cardiology; ectopic coronary artery.

Publication types

Case Reports