ANOMALOUS COURSE OF THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY-ARTERY BETWEEN THE AORTA AND PULMONARY TRUNK - A RARE CAUSE OF MYOCARDIAL-ISCHEMIA AT REST

Authors
ROYNARD JL CATTAN S ARTIGOU JY DESOUTTER P
Citation
Jl. Roynard et al., ANOMALOUS COURSE OF THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY-ARTERY BETWEEN THE AORTA AND PULMONARY TRUNK - A RARE CAUSE OF MYOCARDIAL-ISCHEMIA AT REST, British Heart Journal, 72(4), 1994, pp. 397-399
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
British Heart Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070769
Volume
72
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
397 - 399
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0769(1994)72:4<397:ACOTLA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
When the left anterior descending coronary artery follows an anomalous course between the aorta and pulmonary artery it can cause myocardial ischaemia or sudden death during exercise in young people. Coronary a rteriography in a 27 year old man with angina pectoris at rest showed a left anterior descending coronary artery arising from a common right trunk and running from the aorta to the pulmonary artery. Follow up a fter revascularisation was uneventful.