Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Single coronary artery arising from the right sinus of valsalva: ‘one-stop-shop’ of coronary anatomy and functional significance by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

  • CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE
  • Published:
Clinical Research in Cardiology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

References

  1. Angelini P (2007) Coronary artery anomalies: an entity in search of an identity. Circulation 115:1296–1305

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Bolognesi R, Alfieri O, Tsialtas D, Manca C (2003) Surgical treatment of the left circumflex coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in an adult patient. Ann Thorac Surg 75:1642–1643

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Braun MU, Stolte D, Rauwolf T, Strasser RH (2006) Single coronary artery with anomalous origin from the right sinus valsalva. Clin Res Cardiol 95:119–121

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Carvalho JS, Silva CM, Rigby ML, Shinebourne EA (1993) Angiographic diagnosis of anomalous coronary artery in tetralogy of Fallot. Br Heart J 70:75–78

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Chaitman BR, Lesperance J, Saltiel J, Bourassa MG (1976) Clinical, angiographic, and hemodynamic findings in patients with anomalous origin of the coronary arteries. Circulation 53:122–131

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Cheitlin MD (1998) Coronary anomalies as a cause of sudden death in the athlete. In: Estes NAM, Salem DN, Wang JJP (eds) Sudden cardiac death in the athlete

  7. Dabizzi RP, Teodori G, Barletta GA, Caprioli G, Baldrighi G, Baldrighi V (1990) Associated coronary and cardiac anomalies in the tetralogy of fallot: an angiographic study. Eur Heart J 11:692–704

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Drory Y, Turetz Y, Hiss Y et al (1991) Sudden unexpected death in persons less than 40 years of age. Am J Cardiol 68:1388–1392

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Eckart RE, Scoville SL, Campbell CL et al (2004) Sudden death in young adults: a 25-year review of autopsies in military recruits. Ann Intern Med 141:829–834

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Korosoglou G, Ringwald G, Giannitsis E, Katus HA (2008) Anomalous origin of the left circumflex coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: a very rare congenital anomaly in an adult patient diagnosed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 10:4

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Kuroczynski W, Kampmann C, Kayhan N, Heinemann M, Pruefer D, Vahl CF (2008) Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: mid-term results after surgical correction. Clin Res Cardiol 97:266–271

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Schneider T, Rickli H, Gliech V, Maeder M (2006) Bland-white-garland syndrome and atrial septal defect—rare association and diagnostic challenge. Clin Res Cardiol 95:295–300

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Yamanaka O, Hobbs RE (1990) Coronary artery anomalies in 126,595 patients undergoing coronary arteriography. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 21:28–40

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Grigorios Korosoglou MD, Thomas J. Dengler, Evangelos Giannitsis & Hugo A. Katus

  2. Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Nael F. Osman

Authors
  1. Grigorios Korosoglou MD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Thomas J. Dengler
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Nael F. Osman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Evangelos Giannitsis
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Hugo A. Katus
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Grigorios Korosoglou MD.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Korosoglou, G., Dengler, T.J., Osman, N.F. et al. Single coronary artery arising from the right sinus of valsalva: ‘one-stop-shop’ of coronary anatomy and functional significance by cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Clin Res Cardiol 98, 133–136 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-008-0733-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-008-0733-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation