Sabharwal Nitin, Saxena Abhinav, Toreli Aleksandre, Meghrajani Vineet, Malik Bilal, Shani Jacob
Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, New York, USA.
Cureus. 2018 Aug 3;10(8):e3092. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3092.
Anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries from the opposite sinus (AAOCA) is a rare finding which, when discovered, raises questions regarding its approach and management. Modern imaging techniques can help us to identify certain anatomical features of the anomalous coronary arteries to further classify them as benign or malignant anomalies. We present a case of a 64-year-old male who had an incidental finding of AAOCA with the left anterior descending artery arising from the right coronary cusp from an ostium anterior to the one that gave rise to both the left circumflex artery and right coronary artery (RCA). The patient was managed with a percutaneous coronary intervention for an obstructive disease of the RCA and was discharged with regular follow-ups.
冠状动脉起源于对侧窦(AAOCA)异常是一种罕见的发现,一旦发现,就会引发关于其处理方法和治疗的问题。现代成像技术可以帮助我们识别异常冠状动脉的某些解剖特征,以便进一步将它们分类为良性或恶性异常。我们报告一例64岁男性,偶然发现AAOCA,左前降支动脉起源于右冠状动脉窦,其开口位于发出左旋支动脉和右冠状动脉(RCA)的开口前方。该患者因RCA阻塞性疾病接受了经皮冠状动脉介入治疗,并在定期随访后出院。