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Chest Pain and Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient With Surgically Corrected Anomalous Right Coronary Artery From the Left Sinus of Valsalva

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We present a case of an adult patient who had anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (RCA) from the left sinus of Valsalva that had been treated surgically in the past and who presented years later with chest pain and runs of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. Coronary angiography showed a patent unroofed RCA with appropriately repositioned origin and no obstructive coronary artery disease. This case presents angiographic documentation of a technically satisfactory repair of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery and suggests that potentially lethal arrhythmia can occur despite a technically satisfactory repair.

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Article first published online: January 8, 2014
Issue published: January 2014

Keywords

  1. anomalous coronary artery
  2. chest pain
  3. ventricular tachycardia
  4. coronary angiography
  5. sudden cardiac death

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Susan E. Habibi, MD
Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Sadia Shafi, MD
Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Asghar Ali, MD
Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Rehan Khan, MD
Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Karoly Kaszala, MD
Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Kevin F. Sumption, MD
Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Szabolcs Szentpetery
Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Ion S. Jovin, MD
Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

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Asghar Ali, Department of Internal Medicine, McGuire VA Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23249, USA. Email: [email protected]

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