Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case Report

Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case Report

73 year-old man presented to our emergency department with complaint of retrosternal chest pain since 2 day and admitted with diagnosis of unstable angina. He underwent diagnostic coronary angiography in which left circumflex artery (LCX) was not visualized during injection of the left coronary arte...

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Main Authors: Vakili Hossein, Khaheshi Isa, Memaryan Mehdi, Naderian Mohammadreza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
angina
unstable
coronary vessel anomalies
coronary angiography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0041
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spelling doaj-4c90f7966602475591042b76952f8c4d2021-09-05T14:00:19ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of Internal Medicine2501-062X2016-12-0154424724910.1515/rjim-2016-0041rjim-2016-0041Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case ReportVakili Hossein0Khaheshi Isa1Memaryan Mehdi2Naderian Mohammadreza3Cardiovascular Research Center, Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)MD, Cardiovascular Research Center, Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)Cardiovascular Research Center, Modarres Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)73 year-old man presented to our emergency department with complaint of retrosternal chest pain since 2 day and admitted with diagnosis of unstable angina. He underwent diagnostic coronary angiography in which left circumflex artery (LCX) was not visualized during injection of the left coronary artery; indeed, it was originated, with common origin with RCA, from right coronary sinus of Valsalva. This case report is one of the uncommon cases with aberrant coronary arteries who presented with unstable angina. Moreover, coronary angiography with following coronary angioplasty was performed for him in a challenging course and angle for coronary intervention.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0041anginaunstablecoronary vessel anomaliescoronary angiography
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author Vakili Hossein
Khaheshi Isa
Memaryan Mehdi
Naderian Mohammadreza
spellingShingle Vakili Hossein
Khaheshi Isa
Memaryan Mehdi
Naderian Mohammadreza
Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case Report
Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
angina
unstable
coronary vessel anomalies
coronary angiography
author_facet Vakili Hossein
Khaheshi Isa
Memaryan Mehdi
Naderian Mohammadreza
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title Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case Report
title_short Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case Report
title_full Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case Report
title_fullStr Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Anomalous Origin of a Stenosed Left Circumflex Coronary Artery in a Patient Presenting with Unstable Angina: A Case Report
title_sort anomalous origin of a stenosed left circumflex coronary artery in a patient presenting with unstable angina: a case report
publisher Sciendo
series Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
issn 2501-062X
publishDate 2016-12-01
description 73 year-old man presented to our emergency department with complaint of retrosternal chest pain since 2 day and admitted with diagnosis of unstable angina. He underwent diagnostic coronary angiography in which left circumflex artery (LCX) was not visualized during injection of the left coronary artery; indeed, it was originated, with common origin with RCA, from right coronary sinus of Valsalva. This case report is one of the uncommon cases with aberrant coronary arteries who presented with unstable angina. Moreover, coronary angiography with following coronary angioplasty was performed for him in a challenging course and angle for coronary intervention.
topic angina
unstable
coronary vessel anomalies
coronary angiography
url https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0041
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