摘要

The aim of the study was to assess coronary arteries arising from the wrong coronary sinus, including CT-evaluated high-risk anatomic features, clinical symptoms and cardiac events during follow-up. %26lt;br%26gt;A total of 7,115 patients scheduled for 64-slice or dual-source cardiac CT were screened for the presence of isolated anomalous origin of the coronary artery from the wrong coronary sinus. %26lt;br%26gt;Anomalous origin of the coronary artery was found in 54 (0.76 %) patients (29 men, 25 women, mean age 60.9 +/- 11.6 years). Sixteen (30 %) patients with abnormal right coronary origin (ARCA) more commonly had a slit-like orifice (15 vs. 3; p %26lt; 0.001), intramural course (15 vs. 3; p %26lt; 0.001) and interarterial course (11 vs. 0; p %26lt; 0.001) than 22 (41 %) and 13 (24 %) individuals with abnormal circumflex artery (ALCx) and left coronary artery (ALCA) origin, respectively. Patients with ALCA presented less frequently with chest pain than subjects with ARCA and ALCx (25 vs. 3; p = 0.03). Patients with ARCA tended to show higher occurrence of cardiac events in the follow-up than individuals with ALCA and ALCx (5 vs. 4; p = NS). %26lt;br%26gt;High-risk anatomy features are most common in patients with ARCA and these patients also have higher prevalence of chest pain and cardiac events in the follow-up than individuals with ALCA and ALCx. %26lt;br%26gt;aEuro cent Multislice computed tomography enables detection and evaluation of the coronary artery anomalies. %26lt;br%26gt;aEuro cent Anomalous anatomy of the coronary artery potentially influences the prevalence of adverse events. %26lt;br%26gt;aEuro cent Adverse events tend to be most common in anomalous right coronary arteries.

  • 出版日期2014-10