A Case of Single Coronary Artery Originating from Ascending Aorta Above the Left Coronary Sinus.
10.4070/kcj.2002.32.4.363
- Author:
Hong Seok LEE
1
;
Dae Hyeon CHO
;
Jeong Hun KWON
;
Ju Hyeon OH
;
Sung Yun LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Masan Samsung Hospital, Masan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Coronary vessel anomalies;
Aorta
- MeSH:
Aorta*;
Aortography;
Chest Pain;
Coronary Angiography;
Coronary Sinus*;
Coronary Vessel Anomalies;
Coronary Vessels*;
Echocardiography;
Electrocardiography;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Myoglobin;
Troponin I
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2002;32(4):363-366
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case with an isolated single coronary artery originating from the ascending aorta, which to our knowledge has never been described before. A 51-year-old man presented for evaluation of atypical chest pain, suffering from a short resting chest pain for 3 days. However, serial electrocardiogram showed no change during chest pain. Cardiac enzymes such as CK-MB, Troponin-I, and myoglobin were within normal limit. Aortography and coronary angiography revealed a single coronary artery originating from the postero-lateral wall of the ascending aorta above the left coronary siuns. However, this anomaly was not of clinical significance based on the atypical nature of the chest pain, negative exercise echocardiography and an absence of obstruction of the coronary artery.
