Meyer Chloe Grace, Vacek Thomas Paul, Abdulrazzaq Mohammed, Gurujal Ravi, Parikh Analkumar
Internal Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45409, USA.
Cardiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45409, USA.
Oxf Med Case Reports. 2018 May 25;2018(5):omy011. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omy011. eCollection 2018 May.
Although rare, usually asymptomatic, and without concurrent disease, dual left anterior descending arteries (LAD) poses great challenges. We describe a 55-year-old male with no history of coronary disease, who presented with worsening substernal chest pain with exertion, and was ruled out for myocardial infarction. On left heart catheterization and subsequent computed tomography angiogram, he was determined to have a dual LAD with a long LAD emerging from the right coronary artery. Moreover, this long LAD gave collaterals to a native long diagonal that ran parallel to this vessel from the left system and was chronically occluded. The long LAD, consistent with type IV classification, traveled in the anterior intraventricular groove to supply left ventricular myocardium; the chronically occluded long left native diagonal supplying lateral walls and apex is a unique variant. It is important to be aware of these anomalies to establish correct diagnoses and determine treatment options.
虽然双左前降支动脉(LAD)罕见,通常无症状且无并发疾病,但却带来了巨大挑战。我们描述了一名55岁无冠心病史的男性,他因劳累后胸骨后胸痛加重就诊,被排除心肌梗死。在左心导管检查及随后的计算机断层血管造影中,确定他有一条双LAD,其中一条长LAD起源于右冠状动脉。此外,这条长LAD为一条从左冠状动脉系统发出并与其平行的自身长对角支提供侧支循环,该对角支慢性闭塞。这条符合IV型分类的长LAD走行于前室间沟以供应左心室心肌;而慢性闭塞的自身左长对角支供应侧壁和心尖是一种独特变异。认识到这些异常情况对于做出正确诊断和确定治疗方案很重要。