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A rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child

The presence of a single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly; such patients often present with severe myocardial ischemia. We experienced the case of a 13-year-old girl with the right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery. She visited our Emergency Department owing to...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jong Min, Lee, Ok Jeong, Kang, I-Seok, Huh, June, Song, Jinyoung, Kim, Geena
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4342780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25729398
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2015.58.1.37
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author Kim, Jong Min
Lee, Ok Jeong
Kang, I-Seok
Huh, June
Song, Jinyoung
Kim, Geena
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Huh, June
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description The presence of a single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly; such patients often present with severe myocardial ischemia. We experienced the case of a 13-year-old girl with the right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery. She visited our Emergency Department owing to severe chest pain; her cardiac enzyme levels were elevated, but her initial electrocardiogram (ECG) was normal. Echocardiography showed normal anatomy and normal regional wall motion. When she presented with recurrent chest pain on admission, the ECG showed significant ST-segment elevation in the left precordial leads and inferior leads with ST-segment depression in aVR lead, suggesting myocardial ischemia, and her cardiac enzyme levels were also elevated. We performed coronary angiography that showed a single right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery without stenosis. We confirmed the presence of a single coronary artery using coronary computed tomography. In addition, the treadmill test that was performed showed normal results. She was discharged from the hospital without any medications but with a recommendation of a regular follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-43427802015-02-27 A rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child Kim, Jong Min Lee, Ok Jeong Kang, I-Seok Huh, June Song, Jinyoung Kim, Geena Korean J Pediatr Case Report The presence of a single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly; such patients often present with severe myocardial ischemia. We experienced the case of a 13-year-old girl with the right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery. She visited our Emergency Department owing to severe chest pain; her cardiac enzyme levels were elevated, but her initial electrocardiogram (ECG) was normal. Echocardiography showed normal anatomy and normal regional wall motion. When she presented with recurrent chest pain on admission, the ECG showed significant ST-segment elevation in the left precordial leads and inferior leads with ST-segment depression in aVR lead, suggesting myocardial ischemia, and her cardiac enzyme levels were also elevated. We performed coronary angiography that showed a single right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery without stenosis. We confirmed the presence of a single coronary artery using coronary computed tomography. In addition, the treadmill test that was performed showed normal results. She was discharged from the hospital without any medications but with a recommendation of a regular follow-up. The Korean Pediatric Society 2015-01 2015-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4342780/ /pubmed/25729398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2015.58.1.37 Text en Copyright © 2015 by The Korean Pediatric Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kim, Jong Min
Lee, Ok Jeong
Kang, I-Seok
Huh, June
Song, Jinyoung
Kim, Geena
A rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child
title A rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child
title_full A rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child
title_fullStr A rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child
title_full_unstemmed A rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child
title_short A rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child
title_sort rare type of single coronary artery with right coronary artery originating from the left circumflex artery in a child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4342780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25729398
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2015.58.1.37
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