A Curve Maybe to Narrow: Description of an Anomalous Course of the Right Coronary Artery

Abstract

Congenital coronary artery anomalies are rare but well-described causes of chest pain and, in some cases, link to sudden cardiac death. With the spread of advanced imaging techniques, the number of incidental findings is staggering, but little information has been given in order to rule out potential malignant cases in symptomatic adult patients. Here, we describe a case of an anomalous course of the coronary artery with an acute (inter-arterial course between a dilated ascending aorta and a dilated pulmonary artery, and how we could manage this patient in our clinical practice.

Keywords

• multimodality imaging
• cardiac-gated imaging techniques
• coronary vessel anomalies