Intramural aortic stenting of an anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left valsalva sinus: A leap into the dark?

Giuseppe Talanas; Filippo Dossi

doi:10.25270/jic/23.00079

Intramural aortic stenting of an anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left valsalva sinus: A leap into the dark?

J Invasive Cardiol. 2024 Jan;36(1). doi: 10.25270/jic/23.00079.

Authors

Giuseppe Talanas¹, Filippo Dossi²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, Sassari University Hospital, Sassari, Italy. Via Enrico De Nicola, 07100 Sassari, Italy. Email: [email protected].
² Interventional Cardiology Department, S. Anna Hospital, ASST-Lariana, Como, Italy.

PMID: 38224299
DOI: 10.25270/jic/23.00079

Abstract

A 69-year-old man with unstable angina underwent coronary angiography showing no lesion in the left coronary artery and critical stenosis in the proximal right coronary artery (RCA) arising from the left sinus of Valsalva.

Keywords: Sinus Of Valsalva; anomalous coronary artery; coronary cannulation; intramural aortic stenting; multimodality imaging.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Angina, Unstable / diagnosis
Angina, Unstable / etiology
Angina, Unstable / surgery
Aorta
Constriction, Pathologic
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / surgery
Humans
Male
Sinus of Valsalva* / diagnostic imaging
Sinus of Valsalva* / surgery