A case of acute myocardial infarction with the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the ascending aorta above the left sinus of Valsalva and left coronary artery from the posterior sinus of Valsalva

Yonsei Med J. 2009 Feb 28;50(1):164-8. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.1.164. Epub 2009 Feb 24.

Abstract

Coronary anomalies are rare angiographic findings. Moreover, there are few reports of cases of an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva and of the left coronary artery from the posterior sinus of Valsalva. Here, we report a case with an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the ascending aorta above the left sinus of Valsalva and the left coronary artery from the posterior sinus of Valsalva. This was observed in a patient who was treated for a myocardial infarction of the inferior wall caused by a thrombus in the proximal right coronary artery. The patient was treated successfully with the implantation of a stent in the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery using a 6Fr Amplatz left 1 catheter.

Keywords: Anomalous origin of coronary artery; myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Aorta / abnormalities*
  • Aortography
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy
  • Sinus of Valsalva / abnormalities*
  • Sinus of Valsalva / diagnostic imaging
  • Stents
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed