Double right coronary artery; fistula and atherosclerosis: rare combination

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 May;53(5):283-5. doi: 10.1007/s11748-005-0043-5.

Abstract

Combination of the primary congenital coronary artery anomalies, fistula and atherosclerosis rarely occur. We report a 50-year-old male who presented with severe chest pain, for which he underwent a coronary angiography. Injection into the right coronary artery (RCA) demonstrated a double RCA running very closely together in the atrioventricular groove. The superior one gave rise to a coronary fistula leading to the right ventricle and the inferior one was atherosclerotic. Both of them terminated as a posterior descending artery. The left system showed occlusion of the left anterior descending and major obtuse marginal. Both were corrected surgically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Comorbidity
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / epidemiology*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / epidemiology*
  • Fistula / epidemiology*
  • Heart Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged