Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery Detected by Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: A Case Report

The congenital absence of the left circumflex artery (LCx) is a very rare congenital anomaly of coronary arteries, but it is benign. Currently, the best modality for the diagnosis of coronary anomalies is computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA). We report a case of congenitally absent LCx wi...

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Autores principales: Hongsakul, Keerati, Suwannanon, Ruedeekorn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22934230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/204657
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description The congenital absence of the left circumflex artery (LCx) is a very rare congenital anomaly of coronary arteries, but it is benign. Currently, the best modality for the diagnosis of coronary anomalies is computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA). We report a case of congenitally absent LCx with an atypical chest pain.
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spelling pubmed-34205092012-08-29 Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery Detected by Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: A Case Report Hongsakul, Keerati Suwannanon, Ruedeekorn Case Rep Vasc Med Case Report The congenital absence of the left circumflex artery (LCx) is a very rare congenital anomaly of coronary arteries, but it is benign. Currently, the best modality for the diagnosis of coronary anomalies is computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA). We report a case of congenitally absent LCx with an atypical chest pain. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3420509/ /pubmed/22934230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/204657 Text en Copyright © 2012 K. Hongsakul and R. Suwannanon. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery Detected by Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: A Case Report
title_full Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery Detected by Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: A Case Report
title_fullStr Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery Detected by Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery Detected by Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: A Case Report
title_short Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery Detected by Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography: A Case Report
title_sort congenital absence of left circumflex artery detected by computed tomography coronary angiography: a case report
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