Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 67-69, March 2008

Ectopic Origin of the Right Coronary Artery Shown on Cardiac Computed Tomography

  • Youg-Chien Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Cathay General Hospital, 280, Section 4, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Chin-Ming Jeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Chieh Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Aboriginal Health, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 1 August 2007; received in revised form 11 September 2007; accepted 16 October 2007.

Article Outline

Abstract 

Coronary artery anomalies can be life-threatening, with a prevalence of approximately 1%. An ectopic origin of the right coronary artery (RCA) from the left sinus of Valsalva accounts for less than 1% of all coronary artery anomalies. Although conventional angiography plays a standard role in diagnosis, recent advances in computed tomography (CT) are more accurate for three-dimensional structures. We report a CT-confirmed symptomatic case of an ectopic origin of the RCA from the left sinus of Valsalva. [Tzu Chi Med J 2008;20(1):67–69]

Keywords:  Computed tomography , Congenital heart disease , Coronary artery anomaly

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60011-7

doi:10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60011-7

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 67-69, March 2008

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