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Dil: Türkçe, İngilizce
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The Anomaly Of Left Circumflex Artery Originating From The Right Coronary Artery Detected By 64-slice Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography:scientific Letter
Hakkı Serhat TULAY, MDa
aDepartment of Radiology, The Hospital of Mağusa Medical Center, Famagusta
The incidence of coronary artery anomalies in routine coronary angiography series is between 0.6% and 1.5%. Anomalies of the left circumflex artery (LCX) are the third most common coronary artery anomalies after left main coronary artery (LMCA) (48%) and right coronary artery (RCA) anomalies (22%). Coronary artery anomalies are potentially life threatening anatomic variations but most of these variations are generally asymptomatic. However, detecting these anomalies prior to coronary angioplasty or cardiac surgery has uttermost importance. We present the case of a 40-year-old-man with a family history of coronary artery disease who presented to our hospital with complaints of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Multidetector CT coronary angiography revealed that the LCX originated variationally from the proximal part of the RCA reaching its anatomical supplementation area after passing between the aorta and left atrium.Keywords: Coronary vessel anomalies; tomography, spiral computed;coronary angiographyTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2008, 28:551-554
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