Origem ectópica da artéria coronária direita: a propósito de um caso clínico

• Author(s): Costa, S ; Sá e Melo, A ; Rodrigues, D ; Marinho da Silva, A ; Providência, LA ; Antunes, MJ
• Date: 2007
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/865
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Angiografia Coronária; Anomalias das Artérias Coronárias
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

Coronary artery anomalies can occur in isolation or in association with other congenital heart defects. Clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic forms to sudden cardiac death. The authors report a case of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva, diagnosed with multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography.