CORONARY ANOMALIES: CASE REPORTS AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Keywords:
Coronary anomalies, Multislices spiral CT (MSCT), Coronary angiographyAbstract
This was a retrospective, descriptive review and analysis of two cases of coronary anomalies to demonstrate the effectiveness of visualizing coronary anomalies using multislices, computed tomography (MSCT). Unique were: 1) An anomaly of the left circumflex coronary artery arising from the right anterior coronary sinus with an anomalous retro-aortic course. 2) The absence of the common left main coronary arterial trunk, with a split origin at the left anterior descending artery and the left circumflex coronary artery. The ramifications of this report is that coronary anomalies are well depicted using CT, helping to avoid iatrogenic events during coronary interventions.
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