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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Right coronary artery arising from pulmonary trunk: assessment with conventional coronary angiography and multislice computed tomography coronary angiography.

Carlo TedeschiFilippo CademartiriFrancesco BorrelliPaolo CapogrossoGennaro RattiMassimo MidiriCarlo BriguoriMaurizio SaccoP. TammaroRoberto De Rosa

subject

Coronary angiographyRight coronary arteryMalemedicine.medical_specialtyCoronary Vessel AnomaliesContrast MediaPulmonary ArteryCoronary AngiographyIopamidolAngina PectorisPredictive Value of Testsmedicine.arterymedicineHumansPulmonary Trunkbusiness.industryGeneral MedicineMultislice computed tomographyMiddle AgedIopamidolmedicine.anatomical_structureDyspneaRight coronary arteryPredictive value of testsPulmonary arteryRadiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessTomography X-Ray ComputedArterymedicine.drug

description

We present a case of a 59-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital because of atypical chest pain and dyspnea. Conventional coronary angiography showed an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk. The patient underwent multislice computed tomography in order to clarify the origin and course of the anomalous vessel. The aim of this report is to emphasize the role of multislice computed tomography as an accurate noninvasive imaging tool in the evaluation of coronary artery anomalies.

10.2459/jcm.0b013e32831de545https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19194179