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Heart 2003;89:e27; doi:10.1136/heart.89.12.e27
Copyright © 2003 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society
Heart 2003;89:e27
© 2003 by BMJ Publishing Group & British Cardiac Society

CASE REPORT

Single coronary artery: a familial clustering

P G Horan1, G Murtagh2 and P P McKeown1

1 Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2 Regional Cardiology Centre, Belfast City Hospital

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Dr Paul Horan
Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland; paul\|[lowbar]\|horan{at}lineone.net

ABSTRACT

A 59 year old man undergoing investigation for chest pain was found at elective coronary angiography to have a single coronary artery; the left coronary had a normal distribution, with the right coronary originating as a continuation of the atrioventricular circumflex. His 30 year old daughter was admitted for elective coronary angiography for further investigation of a dilated cardiomyopathy. She was also found to have a single coronary artery. However, in her case, the right and left coronary arteries arose from the right sinus of Valsalva; the right coronary had a normal distribution, the left coronary passed anterior to the pulmonary trunk and aorta.

Keywords: congenital heart disease; coronary anomaly; single coronary artery


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