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Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the posterior, non-coronary sinus of Valsalva diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2014

Dilachew Adebo ,
Zev Jacobson  and
Matthew A. Harris
Dilachew Adebo*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Texas A and M University, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America
Zev Jacobson
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology, Core Cardiology, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Matthew A. Harris
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: D. Adebo, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Cardiology,Texas A and M university, Furman Building, Suite 202, Corpus Christi, TX 78411, United States of America. Tel: +1 773 627 9497; Fax: 361 855 9518; E-mail: dilachew@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the posterior, non-coronary sinus is extremely rare and has never been reported in a paediatric-age competitive athlete. We report this very rare case of the right coronary artery arising from the posterior sinus. In the anomalous right coronary from the posterior sinus, the proximal right coronary artery appears widely patent and has no interarterial course.

Keywords

Anomalous right coronary arteryposterior, non-coronary sinusMRI
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , June 2015 , pp. 1006 - 1008
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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