Arteriographic demonstration of both kinking at the origin and compression between the great vessels of an anomalous right coronary artery arising in common with a left coronary artery from above the left sinus of valsalva |
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Authors: | Julius H. Grollman Song Shou Mao Steven R. Weinstein |
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Abstract: | Angled angiographic views demonstrated two areas of significant systolic narrowing in an anomalous right coronary artery arising in common with a left coronary artery from above the left sinus of Valsalva: (1) an ostial stenosis due to kinking as the anomalous artery turned sharply to the right after its origin from the aorta; (2) compression of the proximal segment as it coursed between the aorta and pulmonary artery. Appropriate angiographic studies to evaluate the presence of these changes may help to elucidate their significance. |
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Keywords: | angiography heart catheterization coronary vessel anomalies |
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