Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Originating From the Right Coronary Sinus With a Septal Curse in a Patient With Myocardial Infarction Due to Right Coronary Lesion: Innocent Until Proven Otherwise
Humberto Morais, Rafael Lacerda, Afonso Kapenda, Cláudio L Mbala, Telmo Martins, Elsa Fernandes, Mauer Gonçalves · 2024
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Humberto Morais and co-authors report a heart attack case with a rare artery layout in a 2024 paper. A sixty-five-year-old man with high blood pressure and a smoking history came in mid-attack. Imaging showed his left main heart artery sprang from the right side and ran an unusual course between structures.
The actual culprit was an eighty percent blockage in the right artery, cleared with a balloon and a drug-coated stent. Scan images confirmed the odd left artery course. The authors stress that such anomalies demand careful mapping, since course shapes treatment choices. Here the strange artery was innocent, and standard stenting fixed the true lesion.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Humberto Morais, Rafael Lacerda, Afonso Kapenda, Cláudio L Mbala, Telmo Martins, Elsa Fernandes, Mauer Gonçalves |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |