Direct communication between the left circumflex and the right coronary arteries: a very rare coronary anomaly circulation

Marcos Danillo Peixoto Oliveira; Rafael R César Cavalcanti; Alexandre H Kajita; Thais Miranda; Luiz J Kajita; Pedro E Horta; Expedito E Ribeiro; Pedro Alves Lemos

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2015.08.03

Direct communication between the left circumflex and the right coronary arteries: a very rare coronary anomaly circulation

Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2016 Feb;6(1):87-91. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2015.08.03.

Authors

Marcos Danillo Peixoto Oliveira¹, Rafael R César Cavalcanti¹, Alexandre H Kajita¹, Thais Miranda¹, Luiz J Kajita¹, Pedro E Horta¹, Expedito E Ribeiro¹, Pedro Alves Lemos¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo, Avenida Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 44, 05403-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 26885496
PMCID: PMC4731591
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2015.08.03

Abstract

Coronary artery anomalies (CAA) are congenital changes in their origin, course, and/or structure. Intercoronary communication (ICC) is a very rare subset with uni- or bidirectional blood flow between two or more coronary arteries. We present the case of a 58-year-old man with an acute coronary syndrome whose coronary angiography incidentally showed a surprising and very rare communication between the right coronary and left circumflex arteries.

Keywords: Coronary artery anomalies (CAA); coronary angiography; intercoronary communication (ICC).

Publication types

Case Reports