ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE RIGHT CORONARY-ARTERY FROM THE MAIN PULMONARY-ARTERY - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
DAHLSTROM CG HELLEKANT C JOHANSSON BW NYMAN U
Citation
Cg. Dahlstrom et al., ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF THE RIGHT CORONARY-ARTERY FROM THE MAIN PULMONARY-ARTERY - A CASE-REPORT, Angiology, 45(4), 1994, pp. 325-328
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Angiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033197
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
325 - 328
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3197(1994)45:4<325:AOOTRC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A fifty-nine-year-old, asymptomatic woman with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery is presented. Th e diagnosis was established by catheterization and angiocardiography. The indications. for surgery in this condition are discussed, with spe cial reference to asymptomatic patients. In this patient, surgery was not undertaken, because of the absence of signs of impairment of left ventricular perfusion and function. The patient remains asymptomatic a fter eight years of observation.