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

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

Open Access
|Dec 2016

Abstract

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.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjim-2016-0041 | Journal eISSN: 2501-062X | Journal ISSN: 1220-4749
Language: English
Page range: 247 - 249
Submitted on: May 13, 2016
Published on: Dec 13, 2016
Published by: N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Hossein Vakili, Isa Khaheshi, Mehdi Memaryan, Mohammadreza Naderian, published by N.G. Lupu Internal Medicine Foundation
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