PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY OF ANOMALOUS CORONARY-ARTERIES

To date, technical experience reported in the literature is very limit ed on angioplasty in patients with anomalous coronary arteries. Balloo n angioplasty may be a more favorable approach for revascularization i n these vessels. A major factor is selection of the guiding catheter. The authors report 4 patients with severe atherosclerotic lesions of a nomalous coronary arteries who underwent coronary angioplasty of the a nomalous vessel. Three patients had an anomalous circumflex artery and 1 had an anomalous right coronary artery. Angiographic and clinical s uccess were achieved in 3 patients.