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Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery With Super-Dominant Right Coronary Artery: Extremely Rare Coronary Anomaly

Among the congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries, absent left circumflex artery (LCX) defect is extremely rare. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 48-year-old female who presented with a 4-month history of exertional chest pain with positive stress (t...

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Autores principales: Shaikh, Shakil Sattar Ahmed, Deshmukh, Vikrant, Patil, Vishal, Khan, Zahidullah, Singla, Rahul, Bansal, Narender Omprakash
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Publicado: Elmer Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6089465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116457
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr749w
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author Shaikh, Shakil Sattar Ahmed
Deshmukh, Vikrant
Patil, Vishal
Khan, Zahidullah
Singla, Rahul
Bansal, Narender Omprakash
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description Among the congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries, absent left circumflex artery (LCX) defect is extremely rare. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 48-year-old female who presented with a 4-month history of exertional chest pain with positive stress (treadmill) test. Conventional coronary angiogram showed a normal left anterior descending, absent LCX and a super-dominant right coronary artery (RCA) with prominent branches. Aortography also failed to show a separate ostium for the left circumflex artery. Multi-detector computed tomographic coronary angiography was performed to confirm the diagnosis of congenital absence of the LCX. It is a benign incidental finding, however some patients present with angina-like symptoms often resulting in detection of this rare anatomy on coronary angiography. Precise morphological and functional evaluation of the anomalous coronary artery is important for selecting the best treatment modality and better prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-60894652018-08-16 Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery With Super-Dominant Right Coronary Artery: Extremely Rare Coronary Anomaly Shaikh, Shakil Sattar Ahmed Deshmukh, Vikrant Patil, Vishal Khan, Zahidullah Singla, Rahul Bansal, Narender Omprakash Cardiol Res Case Report Among the congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries, absent left circumflex artery (LCX) defect is extremely rare. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 48-year-old female who presented with a 4-month history of exertional chest pain with positive stress (treadmill) test. Conventional coronary angiogram showed a normal left anterior descending, absent LCX and a super-dominant right coronary artery (RCA) with prominent branches. Aortography also failed to show a separate ostium for the left circumflex artery. Multi-detector computed tomographic coronary angiography was performed to confirm the diagnosis of congenital absence of the LCX. It is a benign incidental finding, however some patients present with angina-like symptoms often resulting in detection of this rare anatomy on coronary angiography. Precise morphological and functional evaluation of the anomalous coronary artery is important for selecting the best treatment modality and better prognosis. Elmer Press 2018-08 2018-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6089465/ /pubmed/30116457 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr749w Text en Copyright 2018, Shaikh et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Singla, Rahul
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Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery With Super-Dominant Right Coronary Artery: Extremely Rare Coronary Anomaly
title Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery With Super-Dominant Right Coronary Artery: Extremely Rare Coronary Anomaly
title_full Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery With Super-Dominant Right Coronary Artery: Extremely Rare Coronary Anomaly
title_fullStr Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery With Super-Dominant Right Coronary Artery: Extremely Rare Coronary Anomaly
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery With Super-Dominant Right Coronary Artery: Extremely Rare Coronary Anomaly
title_short Congenital Absence of the Left Circumflex Artery With Super-Dominant Right Coronary Artery: Extremely Rare Coronary Anomaly
title_sort congenital absence of the left circumflex artery with super-dominant right coronary artery: extremely rare coronary anomaly
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6089465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116457
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr749w
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