• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• v.22 no.9
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• pp.1441-1450
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• 2021

Anomalous origin of the coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare and potentially fatal congenital heart defect. Up to 90% of infants with an anomaly involving the left coronary artery die within the first year of life if left untreated. Patients who survive beyond infancy are at risk of sudden cardiac death. Cardiac CT and MRI are increasingly being used for the accurate diagnosis of this anomaly for prompt surgical restoration of the dual coronary artery system. Moreover, life-long imaging surveillance after surgery is necessary for these patients. In this pictorial review, multimodal cardiac imaging findings of this rare and potentially fatal coronary artery anomaly are comprehensively discussed, and representative images are provided to facilitate the understanding of this anomaly.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.355-357
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• 2011

Anomalous origin of a coronary aortic artery is a rare cardiac anomaly. Although it can cause angina, syncope, and palpitations, most patients are asymptomatic. This anomaly requires surgical treatment or intervention because it is associated with sudden death. Several surgical techniques, such as coronary reimplantation, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), unroofing, and neo-ostium formation, have been proposed as treatments. We report a case surgically treated with neo-ostium formation in anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right coronary sinus.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.251-253
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• 1996

In the surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot, the anomalous origin of the coronary artery has significant surgical implication. The coronary anomalies of concern are origin of the anterior descending coronary artery from the right coronary artery and certain variations of single coronary branching. We experienced a case of tetralogy of Falloff with single coronary artery from the left coronary sinus, from which the right coronary artery originated crossing the right ventricular outflow tract. This ty e of coronary anomaly in tetralogy of Fallot is known to be extremly rare.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.366-369
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• 1982

Single coronary artery is rare congenital anomaly with incidence about 0.04%. Above half of single coronary artery is symptomless, and about 41% of cases are associated with another congenital cardiac anomalies . Single coronary artery is sometimes important for cardiac operation to avoid fatal result from cutting of coronary artery during the right ventriculotomy. Among the associated anomaly of the single coronary artery, coronary arteriovenous fistula is very rare. We experienced congenital single coronary artery with coronary arteriovenous fistula drained into the right ventricle, and so we report this case with literatures.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.514-517
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• 2003

Anomalous aortic origin of left coronary artery is a rare congenital coronary anomaly that can cause clinical manifestations such as ischemic chest pain, arrhythmic syncope or even sudden cardiac death. We describe a case of anomalous aortic origin of left main coronary artery presented as a cardiogenic shock which was successfully treated by coronary artery transfer.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.775-780
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• 2001

We report a case of the successful anatomical correction of the Taussig-Bing anomaly associated with the interrupted aortic arch and intramural left coronary artery for an 38 day-old infant Aortic arch and neoaortic reconstructions were conducted without any prosthetic or pericardial patch. Intramural left coronary was separated from right one after partial detachment of aortic commissure and both coronary artery buttons were transferred separately to the proximal main pulmonary artery(nee-aorta). Delayed sternal closure was done 3 days after the operation and hospital discharge was delayed for a month because of postoperative pneumonia. Now he is 5 months old and free of symptoms and cardiac drugs.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.758-763
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• 1990

A congenital fistulous communication between the coronary artery and the cardiac chamber or the pulmonary artery is a rare condition, but increasing cases with this anomaly are being recognized with wide spread use of cardiac catheterization and coronary arteriography. Recently we experienced one case of right coronary artery fistula which was associated with atrial septal defect. The patient was a 24 year old female who was admitted because of cardiac murmur, palpitation and dyspnea on exertion after pregnancy. Cardiac catheterization and selective coronary arteriography revealed that a fistulous communication, forming a large aneurysm, was noted from the right coronary artery emptied into the right ventricle. On the operation field, the right coronary artery was curved and markedly dilated from the aorta to the middle segment at acute margin of the right ventricle. The egg-sized aneurysm of dilated right coronary artery was noticed on right ventricle. The aneurysm was incised longitudinally and both the proximal opening and the termination site of the fistula were closed directly with aneurysmectomy. The right atrium was also opened to evaluate the fistulous termination site and repaired only small interatrial septal defect. Postoperative course was uneventful and she was discharged without problems

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.553-557
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• 1988

Anomalous origin of right coronary artery from pulmonary artery is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. Anomalous right coronary artery often be a incidental finding without serious cardiovascular sequale. The only characteristic physical finding is a continuous murmur with diastolic accentuation. There are no diagnostic EKG or chest X-ray changes. Diagnosis is made best by selective left coronary arteriography showing retrograde filling of right coronary artery from collateral vessels. Here, we present a case of twenty-four months old aged girl with anomalous origin of right coronary artery combined with pulmonary stenosis. This is the first pediatric patient with anomalous right coronary artery and the first patient to have surgical correction for this malformation.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.925-928
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• 2004

Bilateral coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistulas are very rare anomaly. Echocardiography, cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography of two patients having chest pain and dyspnea showed bilateral coronary to pulmonary artery fistulas. One patient had left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis and the other patient had cystic tumor. We report the good results of the surgical treatment of two patients with bilateral coronary to pulmonary artery fistulas.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.636-639
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• 2008

An abnormal origin of the right coronary artery can be responsible for sudden death, myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia and syncope, and it may be associated with the accelerated development of atherosclerotic disease. The mechanisms of ischemia in the case of an abnormal origin of the right coronary artery are currently unclear and several surgical methods have been proposed to treat this malady. Multidetector Computed Tomography shows the course of the abnormal coronary artery, it helps to clarify the mechanism of the ischemia and it aids in choosing the best surgical approach. We report here on a case of acute myocardial infarction with an abnormal origin of the right coronary artery. Coronary artery bypass grafting was subsequently carried out to treat this patient.