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  • Title: Acute myocardial infarction caused by "malignant" anomalous right coronary artery detected by multidetector row computed tomography.
    Author: Ichikawa M, Komatsu S, Asanuma H, Iwata A, Ishiko T, Hirayama A, Lim YJ, Kodama K, Mishima M.
    Journal: Circ J; 2005 Dec; 69(12):1564-7. PubMed ID: 16308510.
    Abstract:
    Anomalous coronary arteries are usually identified incidentally by angiography or autopsy, but some "malignant" coronary anomalies are associated with a high incidence of syncope, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, and sudden death. So far, the pathogenesis of the coronary events in such cases has only been revealed by autopsy. In the present case report, a patient with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva developed acute myocardial infarction, and visualization of the anomaly and assessment of the culprit plaque in the artery were done by multidetector row computed tomography and intravascular ultrasound.
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