Pasaoglu Lale, Toprak Ugur, Nalbant Emre, Yagiz Gokhan
Department of Radiology, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
J Clin Imaging Sci. 2015 Apr 30;5:25. doi: 10.4103/2156-7514.156137. eCollection 2015.
Left anterior descending (LAD) artery and left circumflex (LCx) coronary artery originating separately from the right sinus of valsalva is exceptionally rare and very few cases have been reported in the literature. Congenital coronary artery anomalies are generally incidental, uncommon, and asymptomatic. Some can cause severe potentially life-threatening symptoms such as myocardial ischemia and sudden cardiac death. The aberrant vessels that pass between the aorta and the pulmonary trunk pose a risk of sudden cardiac death, particularly if the vessel supplies the left coronary artery network. The electrocardiographically gated multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) allows accurate and non-invasive depiction of coronary artery anomalies including origin, course, and termination. We report here a rare case of all three coronary arteries separately originating from the right coronary sinus, which was detected with MDCT.
左前降支(LAD)动脉和左旋支(LCx)冠状动脉分别发自主动脉瓣右窦极为罕见,文献报道的病例极少。先天性冠状动脉异常通常为偶然发现,不常见且无症状。有些可导致严重的潜在危及生命的症状,如心肌缺血和心源性猝死。在主动脉和肺动脉干之间走行的异常血管存在心源性猝死风险,特别是当该血管供应左冠状动脉网络时。心电图门控多层螺旋计算机断层扫描(MDCT)能够准确、无创地显示冠状动脉异常,包括起源、走行和终止情况。我们在此报告一例罕见的所有三支冠状动脉均分别发自右冠状动脉窦的病例,该病例由MDCT检测发现。