Rare Coronary Anomaly of Posterior Descending Artery Arising from Superdominant Left Anterior Descending Artery.
Kanhai LalaniMugula Sudhakar RaoRamachandran PadmakumarPankti ParikhPublished in: Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal (2023)
Coronary artery anomalies are uncommon anatomical variations that are usually detected incidentally during a coronary angiogram or computed tomography angiography. We report a case of a diabetic and hypertensive middle-aged male who presented with chest discomfort. Coronary angiography revealed no signs of coronary artery disease but showed a left anterior descending artery (LAD) looping around the left ventricular apex and running through the posterior interventricular groove as a posterior descending artery (PDA) beyond the crux. The nondominant right coronary artery (RCA) and left circumflex artery (LCX) had no connection with the PDA. The patient's diabetic and hypertensive medications were adjusted, and he remained asymptomatic after 3 months. Interventionalists should be aware of the types of coronary anomalies that may complicate diagnosis and management during percutaneous coronary intervention.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary artery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left ventricular
- blood pressure
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- type diabetes
- middle aged
- acute myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- cardiovascular disease
- wound healing
- computed tomography
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- mitral valve
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- high intensity
- magnetic resonance
- ejection fraction
- aortic dissection