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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages 747-751Publisher
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.016
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Anomalous coronary arteries with origins from the contralateral aortic sinus and coursing between the aorta and pulmonary trunk have received much attention because of their association with sudden death. These morphologic features have not been well assessed in vivo. The investigators describe 3 cases of anomalous right coronary arteries arising from the left coronary sinus with intravascular ultrasound findings. In the present patients, characteristic vessel distortion was consistently observed at the ostium of the anomalous right coronary arteries, as well as systolic compression of the intra-arterial segments. In conclusion, the slitlike ostium might be associated with the higher incidence of sudden death under strenuous exercise and exercise-induced myocardial ischemia. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (Am J Cardiol 2009;103:747-751)
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