Percutaneous coronary intervention of a totally occluded anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of valsalva with the use of multiple overlapping drug-eluting stents ("full-metal jacket" technique)

Coronary arterial anomalies occur in approximately 1% of the population, without other congenital cardiac malformations. We report our experience involving 1 patient who had a totally occluded anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of Valsalva which was successfully treated with...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of invasive cardiology 2007-09, Vol.19 (9), p.E261-E262
Hauptverfasser: Graidis, Christos, Dimitriadis, Dimokritos, Chamouratidis, Nikolaos
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Zusammenfassung:Coronary arterial anomalies occur in approximately 1% of the population, without other congenital cardiac malformations. We report our experience involving 1 patient who had a totally occluded anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of Valsalva which was successfully treated with the implantation of multiple overlapping drug-eluting stents ("full-metal jacket" technique).
ISSN:1557-2501