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Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left circumflex coronary artery: an extremely rare coronary anomaly

Babak Bagheri [email protected], Razhan Piran, Maryam Nabati, Rozita Jalalian, and Mozhdeh DabirianView all authors and affiliations
Volume 60, Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.1177/0036933014567599

Abstract

Isolated single coronary artery is an extremely rare anomaly with an incidence of 0.024% to 0.066% which may be associated with other congenital anomalies. This report describes a 50-year-old woman who was referred with recurrent chest discomfort and was diagnosed with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left circumflex coronary artery.

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Volume 60, Issue 2
Pages: e14 - e16
Article first published online: January 27, 2015
Issue published: May 2015

Keywords

  1. Anomalous coronary artery
  2. right coronary artery
  3. left circumflex artery

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Babak Bagheri
Interventionist, Mazandaran Heart Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Razhan Piran
General Cardiologist, Mazandaran Heart Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Maryam Nabati
Echocardiography Fellow, Mazandaran Heart Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Rozita Jalalian
Echocardiography Fellow, Mazandaran Heart Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Mozhdeh Dabirian
Echocardiography Fellow, Mazandaran Heart Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Babak Bagheri, Mazandaran Heart Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Mazandaran, Iran. Email: [email protected]

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