Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis

Coronary artery anomaly is a rare postoperative coronary angiographic finding in heart transplant recipients. We report a case of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery in an asymptomatic 70-year-old heart transplant patient. Most coronary artery anomalies are benign, but surgical treatment m...

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Autores principales: Abudiab, Muaz M., Hakim, Fayaz A., Fortuin, David F., Scott, Robert L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4685202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26778904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2015.06.001
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author Abudiab, Muaz M.
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description Coronary artery anomaly is a rare postoperative coronary angiographic finding in heart transplant recipients. We report a case of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery in an asymptomatic 70-year-old heart transplant patient. Most coronary artery anomalies are benign, but surgical treatment may be necessary in major coronary artery anomalies that are known to have adverse outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-46852022016-01-15 Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis Abudiab, Muaz M. Hakim, Fayaz A. Fortuin, David F. Scott, Robert L. J Saudi Heart Assoc Case Report Coronary artery anomaly is a rare postoperative coronary angiographic finding in heart transplant recipients. We report a case of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery in an asymptomatic 70-year-old heart transplant patient. Most coronary artery anomalies are benign, but surgical treatment may be necessary in major coronary artery anomalies that are known to have adverse outcomes. Elsevier 2016-01 2015-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4685202/ /pubmed/26778904 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2015.06.001 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis
title Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis
title_full Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis
title_fullStr Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis
title_short Anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis
title_sort anomalous coronary artery in a transplanted heart: a rare incidental diagnosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4685202/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsha.2015.06.001
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