Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery Causing Myocardial Ischemia: A Case for a Multimodality Imaging Approach.
Fatimah A AlkhunaiziKaran KapoorVincent PallazolaEdward P ShapiroPeter V JohnstonJoban VaishnavNisha A GilotraAhmet KilicRosanne RoufPublished in: Case reports in cardiology (2021)
A 46-year-old man was admitted with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction and newly diagnosed acutely decompensated heart failure. Echocardiogram demonstrated left ventricular ejection fraction of 30% with basal inferior and inferolateral akinesis. Coronary angiography showed mild diffuse coronary artery disease and an anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left coronary cusp. Further imaging was consistent with ischemia in the right coronary distribution. Etiology of ischemia was thought to be the anomalous right coronary artery, and surgical unroofing of the right coronary ostium was performed. Here, we report a multimodality imaging approach, including cardiac magnetic resonance, cardiac computed tomographic angiography, and single-photon emission computed tomography, to support the diagnosis and management of a patient with anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left coronary cusp.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- pulmonary artery
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery disease
- aortic stenosis
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- high resolution
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- newly diagnosed
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- acute myocardial infarction
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- case report
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- acute heart failure
- photodynamic therapy
- high grade
- low grade
- acute coronary syndrome