Case report: Intra-atrial course of right coronary artery: Evaluation by dual-source CT

We report a case of an anomalous course of the right coronary artery (RCA) through the right atrium, which was evaluated using dual-source CT angiography. There have been a few cases described previously in literature, but most of them were found either during surgery or at autopsy. Although this va...

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Autores principales: Christopher, Johann, Duraikannu, Chary
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Cardiac
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21431035
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.76057
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Sumario:We report a case of an anomalous course of the right coronary artery (RCA) through the right atrium, which was evaluated using dual-source CT angiography. There have been a few cases described previously in literature, but most of them were found either during surgery or at autopsy. Although this variant is clinically benign, it has significant consequences during interventional procedures or bypass surgery.

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