Yoon Young Kyung, Rha Seung-Woon, Na Jin Oh, Suh Soon Yong, Choi Cheol Ung, Kim Jin Won, Kim Eung Ju, Park Chang Gyu, Seo Hong Seog, Oh Dong Joo
Int J Cardiol. 2009 Jan 24;131(3):e108-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.009. Epub 2007 Nov 1.
Congenital absence of left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) is a very rare congenital anomaly of the coronary circulation, and few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 48-year-old male who had congenital absence of LCX presented with vasospastic angina. Routine coronary angiography showed congenital absence of the LCX, typical myocardial bridge in the mid left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and super-dominant right coronary artery (RCA). The dominant LAD showed a spastic appearance at the baseline coronary angiography and significant spasm was induced by incremental intracoronary acetylcholine (ACh) provocation test at mid LAD where the myocardial bridge site was observed and was extended to the distal LAD. Typical anginal chest pain was documented during the Ach provocation test and the patient was stabilized with conventional anti-anginal medication. Precise morphological and functional evaluation of the anomalous coronary artery is important for selecting the best treatment modality and better prognosis.
先天性左旋冠状动脉(LCX)缺如是一种非常罕见的冠状动脉循环先天性异常,文献中报道的病例很少。我们报告一例48岁男性,因先天性LCX缺如出现血管痉挛性心绞痛。常规冠状动脉造影显示LCX先天性缺如、左前降支冠状动脉(LAD)中段典型心肌桥以及右冠状动脉(RCA)优势型。优势型LAD在基线冠状动脉造影时表现为痉挛状态,在观察到心肌桥的LAD中段进行递增冠状动脉内乙酰胆碱(ACh)激发试验时诱发了明显痉挛,并延伸至LAD远端。在ACh激发试验期间记录到典型的心绞痛胸痛,患者通过常规抗心绞痛药物治疗病情稳定。对异常冠状动脉进行精确的形态学和功能评估对于选择最佳治疗方式和改善预后很重要。