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Single coronary artery with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery as a branch from the left anterior descending artery: a very rare coronary anomaly

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Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery arising from the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is a very rare coronary anomaly. It has previously been reported in only six adult cases. In this report, we present a patient with an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the LAD. The patient had anginal symptoms with exercise. Myocardial perfusion imaging with thallium-201 revealed a reversible inferior perfusion defect. We suggest that this could cause myocardial ischemia.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey, , , , , , TR

    Atila Iyisoy, H. Kursaklioglu, C. Barcin, Nadir Barindik, Sedat Kose & Ertan Demirtas

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  1. Atila Iyisoy
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Received: November 5, 2001 / Accepted: December 7, 2001

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Iyisoy, A., Kursaklioglu, H., Barcin, C. et al. Single coronary artery with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery as a branch from the left anterior descending artery: a very rare coronary anomaly. Heart Vessels 16, 161–163 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003800200014

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