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

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2009 Feb;10(2):178-82. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32831de545.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angina Pectoris / diagnostic imaging
  • Angina Pectoris / etiology
  • Contrast Media
  • Coronary Angiography / methods*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Dyspnea / diagnostic imaging
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Humans
  • Iopamidol / analogs & derivatives
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • iomeprol
  • Iopamidol