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Angiographic enigma: A single coronary artery with the right coronary artery originating from the distal left circumflex artery
Satyajit Singh1, Sanat Kumar Sahoo1, Mahendra Prasad Tripathy2, Giridhari Jena1
1 Department of Cardiology, CARE Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2 Department of Interventional Cardiac Sciences, CARE Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Satyajit Singh
Department of Cardiology, CARE Hospital, Near Municipal Kalyan Mandap, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar - 751 016, Odisha
India
 Source of Support: Nil, Conflict of Interest: None declared.  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.164465
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An isolated single coronary artery (SCA) is a rare anomaly. A SCA originating from the left sinus of Valsalva is even rarer than one arising from the right. Most patients with a congenital coronary artery anomaly are asymptomatic. Herein, we report an extremely uncommon variant, where the right coronary artery arose from the distal segment of the left circumflex artery with slow coronary flow leading to myocardial ischemia. |
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