Solitary coronary artery nourishing the entire heart

Ann Saudi Med. 2010 Jan-Feb;30(1):81-3. doi: 10.4103/0256-4947.59378.

Abstract

Coronary artery anomalies are being more frequently diagnosed these days both because increasing numbers of patients are undergoing diagnostic studies and because advanced radiographic imaging methods are now commonly available. An isolated single coronary artery giving rise to the main coronary branches is a rare congenital anomaly. In this report we present a patient with a solitary coronary ostium, with both the left and right coronary artery systems arising from it, and then following their usual courses. This case was diagnosed incidentally during conventional angiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aspirin / therapeutic use
  • Chest Pain
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / drug therapy
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / physiopathology
  • Dyspnea
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Physical Exertion
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Smoking Cessation

Substances

  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Aspirin