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Right coronary artery chronic total occlusion in presence of anomalous origin of left coronary artery

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Right sinus origin of left coronary artery is a very uncommon congenital coronary anomaly. The presence of an associated totally occluded right coronary artery represents an exceedingly rare picture. An accurate morphologic identification of anomalous arteries, by multi-detector computed tomography, is mandatory before planning any therapeutic intervention. We report an interesting case of chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery in a young patient with anomalous left coronary artery.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland

    Ilaria D’Angeli, Giovanni B. Pedrazzini & Francesco F. Faletra

  2. Department of Heart and Great Vessels “Attilio Reale”, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, 155 00161, Rome, Italy

    Ilaria D’Angeli

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D’Angeli, I., Pedrazzini, G.B. & Faletra, F.F. Right coronary artery chronic total occlusion in presence of anomalous origin of left coronary artery. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 27, 1–3 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-010-9626-z

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