A rare coronary artery anomaly: duplication of right coronary artery with separate ostium on 64-row multidetector computed tomography.

Singapore Med J

Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Udupi District, Manipal 576104, Karnataka, India.

Published: June 2012

Coronary artery anomalies are rare, and their incidence varies from 0.6% to 1.3%. Conventional angiography is a commonly used modality for the assessment of coronary artery anomalies, but it may not identify and define the anatomy of anomalous arteries due to the complexity of the course and three-dimensional orientation of the arteries. We present a rare case of duplicated right coronary artery (RCA) with separate ostium on 64-row multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). MDCT is better than conventional angiography in cases where selective catheterisation of either a single artery or ostium during catheter angiography has resulted in missing an important vessel. So far, 13 cases of duplicated RCA have been reported in the literature, and the features on MDCT were described only in three cases.

Download full-text PDF

Source

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

coronary artery
20
separate ostium
8
ostium 64-row
8
64-row multidetector
8
multidetector computed
8
computed tomography
8
artery anomalies
8
conventional angiography
8
artery
6
rare coronary
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!