A Rare Coronary Anomaly: Atypical Double Right Coronary Artery With an Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction.
10.4070/kcj.2012.42.3.208
- Author:
Halit ACET
1
;
Ferhat OZYURTLU
;
Mehmet Zihni BILIK
;
Faruk ERTAS
Author Information
1. Department of Cardiology, Diyarbakir Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey. halitacet@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Coronary vessel anomalies;
Myocardial infarction;
Atherosclerosis
- MeSH:
Atherosclerosis;
Coronary Vessel Anomalies;
Coronary Vessels;
Humans;
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction;
Myocardial Infarction
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2012;42(3):208-211
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Coronary artery anomalies are uncommon and often asymptomatic. A double right coronary artery (RCA) is an extremely rare coronary artery anomaly, and only a few cases of double RCA have been reported. We report on an atherosclerotic double RCA that appeared after primary percutaneous intervention in a patient with an acute inferior myocardial infarction. This is the second case in the literature in which coronary arteries can be accepted as a double RCA, which were hidden by a total atherosclerotic occlusion in the proximal part of the RCA.
