The anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare congenital coronary anomaly with a reported incidence of approximately 0.002%. Usually, the diagnosis is made by echocardiography leaving computed tomography or angiography only to diagnostic completion in doubtful cases or for interventional procedures.Herein we report a doubtful case of a patient with a diagnosis of coronary fistula between the right coronary and the pulmonary artery that proved to be an anomalous origin of the coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. The patient underwent corrective surgery with translocation of the coronary artery on the aorta.
Careddu L., Angeli E., Egidy-Assenza G., Quarti A.G., Petridis F.D., Romano G., et al. (2019). Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery or coronary artery fistula: when the diagnosis is uncertain. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI CARDIOLOGIA, 20(11), 668-670 [10.1714/3254.32229].
Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery or coronary artery fistula: when the diagnosis is uncertain
Careddu L.;Angeli E.;Egidy-Assenza G.;Quarti A. G.;Petridis F. D.;Romano G.;Gargiulo G. D.
2019
Abstract
The anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare congenital coronary anomaly with a reported incidence of approximately 0.002%. Usually, the diagnosis is made by echocardiography leaving computed tomography or angiography only to diagnostic completion in doubtful cases or for interventional procedures.Herein we report a doubtful case of a patient with a diagnosis of coronary fistula between the right coronary and the pulmonary artery that proved to be an anomalous origin of the coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. The patient underwent corrective surgery with translocation of the coronary artery on the aorta.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
