An abnormal origin of the right coronary artery from the left main coronary artery and the management of this condition

Demet Menekşe Gerede; Serkan Durdu; Başar Candemir; Kerim Esenboğa; Ferit Kasımzade; Sadık Eryılmaz

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8037

Demet Menekşe Gerede¹, Serkan Durdu², Başar Candemir¹, Kerim Esenboğa¹, Ferit Kasımzade², Sadık Eryılmaz²

¹Departments of Cardiology, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
²Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8037

In this article, we present a 63-year-old diabetic and asthmatic female patient who was admitted to our clinic with exertional dyspnea and palpitation. Cardiac examination revealed a 60% stenosis of a right coronary artery anomalously arising from the left main coronary artery. Computed tomography angiography demonstrated an abnormal origin and the abnormal course of the right coronary artery between ascending aorta and the main pulmonary trunk. The patient with a risk of sudden cardiac death even in the absence of coronary atherosclerosis underwent a successful coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Keywords : Abnormal origin of the right coronary artery; coronary anomaly; coronary artery bypass greft surgery

Viewed : 9261

Downloaded : 2813