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The growing improvements of computed tomography have made this technique more and more available for cardiac evaluation. Coronary artery anomalies (CAAs) are often incidental findings in subjects with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing coronary angiography or computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA). In some cases, CAAs can be clinically relevant so their identification could change radically patient management and treatment. We report the case of a 68-year-old male patient with known CAD and associated anomalous origination of the left coronary artery from the opposite sinus.
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This research was financed by Italian Ministry of Health (Project Code: GR-2011-02349436).
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Forte, E., Inglese, M., Infante, T. et al. Anomalous left main coronary artery detected by CT angiography. Surg Radiol Anat 38, 987–990 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-016-1634-9
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