Anomalous Coronary Arteries: Two Unique Cases as Viewed by Invasive Angiography with Brief Review of Literature Pages 1-5

Mistafa A. Hafid1, Christopher G. Gibson1, Saeed A. Bazzi1, Jonathan R. Forquer2 and John J. Lazarus3

1PGY-2 Internal Medicine Resident from the Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, OH, USA; 2Structural Imaging Cardiologist from the Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, OH, USA; 3Interventional Cardiologist from the Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, OH, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12970/2311-052X.2020.08.01

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Abstract: Coronary artery anomalies have a prevalence of less than 1% in the general population with an incidence ranging from 0.17% in autopsy cases to 1.2% in angiographically evaluated cases [1]. A single coronary artery is among the rarest coronary artery anomalies, seen in only 0.024-0.044% of the population [2]. Here, we report two cases of single coronary artery anomalies with two different presentations and classifications.

Keywords: Anomalous, Angiography, Angioplasty, Coronary intervention. Read more