Kuba PK, Sharma J, Sharma A. Successful Surgical Treatment of a Septuagenarian with Anomalous Right Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery with an Eleven Year Follow-Up: Case report and review of literature.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2013;
13:169-74. [PMID:
23573402 DOI:
10.12816/0003215]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2012] [Revised: 06/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
An anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) is a very rare coronary artery anomaly with only 98 cases reported in literature till date. We report the oldest surgically treated patient and the fourth ever septuagenarian with this anomaly diagnosed ante-mortem with an eleven year follow-up. The literature on this anomaly was reviewed and discussed to highlight the clinical implications.
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