The prevalence of coronary anomalies in a single center of Korea: origination, course, and termination anomalies of aberrant coronary arteries detected by ECG-gated cardiac MDCT

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Research Article

Jeong A Kim¹  June Namgung² 

[1] Department of Radiology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, South Korea;Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Vision 21 Cardiac & Vascular Center, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, 170 Juhwa-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, 411-706, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea;

关键词: Coronary vessel anomalies;    Multidetector computed tomography;    Prevalence;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2261-14-48

 received in 2014-02-04, accepted in 2014-04-08,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCoronary anomalies are rare congenital abnormalities often found incidentally on conventional coronary angiography (CCA) or coronary CT angiography (CTA). They may result in various clinical outcomes. CCA is invasive and not able to demonstrate all coronary anomalies in detail, especially those with complex courses. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) enables visualization of the origin and course of coronary arteries. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of origin and termination coronary artery anomalies and the course of these anomalies in patients in a single center in Korea.MethodsTo diagnose coronary anomalies, the angiographic data of 8,864 consecutive patients undergoing 64- or 320-MDCT from September 2005 to November 2011 were analyzed retrospectively.ResultsAmong the 8,864 patients, 103 (1.16%) had coronary anomalies. Ninety (87.4%) patients had origin and distribution anomalies, and 13 (12.6%) patients had a coronary artery fistula. The most common anomaly (41, 39.8%) was an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (RCA). Of these, three patients received a coronary artery bypass graft.ConclusionsThe prevalence of coronary anomalies in a single center of Korea was 1.16%. The incidence and patterns of coronary artery anomalies in our patient population were similar to those of previous studies.

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