Cor Vasa 2023, 65(3):558-559 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.076

Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus of Valsalva

Rodolfo Caminitia, b, Giampaolo Vettaa, Antonio Parlavecchioa, b, Giuseppe Dattiloa, Michele Magnocavalloc, Domenico Giovanni Della Roccad, e, Massimo Sivigliab, Francesco Antonio Benedettob
a Cardiology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
b Interventional Cardiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
c Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrological, Anesthesiological and Geriatric Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy
d Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX 78705, USA
e Heart Rhythm Management Centre, Postgraduate Program in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, European Reference Networks Guard-Heart, Brussels, Belgium

A 73-year-old man underwent coronary angiography before aortic valve replacement due to severe aortic stenosis showing an abnormal origin of the left main coronary artery (LMCA). The LMCA arises from the right coronary sinus of Valsalva and passes anteriorly to the pulmonary trunk.

Keywords: Anomalous origin of the left main, Aortic stenosis, Coronary anomaly

Received: June 6, 2022; Revised: June 6, 2022; Accepted: July 3, 2022; Published: June 20, 2023  Show citation

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Caminiti R, Vetta G, Parlavecchio A, Dattilo G, Magnocavallo M, Della Rocca DG, et al.. Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the right coronary sinus of Valsalva. Cor Vasa. 2023;65(3):558-559. doi: 10.33678/cor.2022.076.
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