Whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography of double left anterior descending artery

Satoshi Kunimoto; Yuichi Sato; Naoya Matsumoto; Taeko Kunimasa; Tadateru Takayama; Shu Kasama; Shunichi Yoda; Satoshi Saito; Atsushi Hirayama

doi:10.1007/s00380-008-1046-9

Whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography of double left anterior descending artery

Heart Vessels. 2008 Sep;23(5):363-5. doi: 10.1007/s00380-008-1046-9. Epub 2008 Sep 20.

Authors

Satoshi Kunimoto¹, Yuichi Sato, Naoya Matsumoto, Taeko Kunimasa, Tadateru Takayama, Shu Kasama, Shunichi Yoda, Satoshi Saito, Atsushi Hirayama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8309, Japan.

PMID: 18810587
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-008-1046-9

Abstract

Double left anterior descending artery arising from the left and right coronary arteries is an extremely rare congenital coronary anomaly. We describe, for the first time, three-dimensional, whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiographic findings of double left anterior descending artery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods*
Middle Aged