Items tagged “coronary artery”

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Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery

Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), also known as Bland-White-Garland syndrome (BWG), is a rare congenital coronary artery anomaly and is considered one of the most severe of such anomalies. There are two forms, based on the onset of the disease, each of which has...
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Bridging of the left anterior descending artery

  Diagnosis certain
Vougiouklis Nikos
Published 25 Apr 2013
86% complete
CT
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Fractional flow reserve

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a technique to evaluate the hemodynamic relevance of coronary artery stenoses 1,2. It is defined as "the ratio of maximal flow achievable in the stenotic coronary artery to the maximal flow achievable in the same coronary artery if it was normal" 1. Fractional f...
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Right coronary artery intra-cavitary course

  Diagnosis almost certain
Yune Kwong
Published 16 Aug 2014
77% complete
CT
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Conus artery

The conus artery is a small early branch off the right coronary artery (RCA) circulation. Gross anatomy Supply The artery has a variable distribution, but usually supplies a region of the anterior interventricular septum and the conus of the main pulmonary artery (hence its name). Variant an...
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Diagonal branches of the left anterior descending artery

Diagonal branches of the left anterior descending coronary artery supply blood flow to the anterior and anterolateral walls of the left ventricle. There are usually denoted as D1, D2, D3, etc.   There are termed "diagonal" due to them branching from their parent vessel at acute angles. They ext...
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Intra-atrial course of the right coronary artery

Intra-atrial course of the right coronary artery is an uncommon anatomic variation in the course of the right coronary artery, usually involving the mid and distal segments, where the vessel partially or completely courses through the right atrial chamber. It is the most common intracavitary (in...
Case

Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA)

  Diagnosis certain
Craig Hacking
Published 02 Jun 2015
74% complete
CT
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LCx and LAD arising separately from the left coronary sinus

One of the anatomical variants of coronary artery origin comprises the left circumflex coronary artery (LCx) and left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) arising separately from the left coronary sinus. Hence there is no common left main coronary artery (LCA/LMCA). It considered the commo...
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Kugel's artery

An uncommon variant of coronary arterial anatomy, Kugel's artery was originally described as an anastomotic communication between branches of the proximal left circumflex artery with the distal right coronary artery. These coronary trunks often communicate indirectly through atrial anastomotic n...
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Giant coronary aneurysms in Kawasaki disease

  Diagnosis certain
David Cuevas
Published 29 May 2019
92% complete
CT Nuclear medicine DSA (angiography)
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Congenital coronary ostial stenosis or atresia

Congenital coronary ostial stenosis and coronary atresia are intrinsic congenital coronary artery anomalies in which there is either an intrinsic narrowing or an absent coronary ostium. Epidemiology Coronary ostial stenosis and atresia are reportedly extremely rare conditions 1,2. Association...
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Atrioventricular nodal artery

The atrioventricular (AV) nodal artery is a small artery supplying the atrioventricular septal area and the atrioventricular node. Gross anatomy The atrioventricular nodal artery usually courses through the inferior pyramidal space of the heart. Origin The origin of the atrioventricular noda...
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Coronary artery stenosis - left anterior descending

  Diagnosis certain
Stefan Tigges
Published 02 Dec 2021
87% complete
DSA (angiography) Photo CT
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Non-atherosclerotic coronary artery disease

Non-atherosclerotic coronary artery disease or non-atherosclerotic coronary artery abnormalities are a heterogeneous group of abnormalities that can cause myocardial ischemia or sudden cardiac death with the exclusion of coronary artery disease 1-3. Epidemiology Due to the diversity non-athero...
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Partial intramyocardial bridge

  Diagnosis almost certain
Ryan Thibodeau
Published 05 Feb 2023
77% complete
CT
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LAD occlusion and cardiac apex infarction

  Diagnosis certain
Stefan Tigges
Published 19 Apr 2023
86% complete
CT DSA (angiography) X-ray
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Right coronary artery occlusion

  Diagnosis certain
Stefan Tigges
Published 17 Jul 2023
92% complete
CT
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Positive remodeling and napkin ring sign involving the right coronary artery

  Diagnosis certain
Stefan Tigges
Published 20 Jul 2023
92% complete
DSA (angiography) Diagram CT
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Spotty coronary artery calcifications

  Diagnosis almost certain
Stefan Tigges
Published 20 Jul 2023
77% complete
Diagram CT

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