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16859774

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a 74-year-old female patient with unstable angina. The coronary angiogram showed the presence of a single coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva, which is a very uncommon congenital anomaly, with subocclusive atherosclerotic plaques at the proximal and distal right coronary artery. The stenoses were treated through percutaneous coronary angioplasty and insertion of taxol-eluting stents, with complete relief of symptoms and without evidence of myocardial ischemia at 6-months follow up. Single coronary artery is a rare congenital coronary anomaly, which may be asymptomatic and occasionally detected in patients with myocardial ischemia due to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. In these cases, percutaneous coronary angioplasty with stent insertion may be a successful therapeutic option; however, accurate morphologic identification of anomalous arteries is mandatory before planning these interventions, in order to recognize other possible mechanisms of myocardial ischemia (e.g. vascular compression) and to choose the most appropriate type of pharmacological, percutaneous or surgical intervention.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1874-1754
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
112
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e60-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Percutaneous coronary angioplasty in a patient with anomalous single coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva.
pubmed:publicationType
Letter, Case Reports