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Anomalous origin of the circumflex coronary artery in a patient with atrial and ventricular septal defects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2005

Abdullah Dogan ,
Omer Gedikli  and
Mehmet Ozaydin
Abdullah Dogan
Affiliation:
Suleyman Demirel University, Sevket Demirel Heart Center, Isparta, Turkey
Omer Gedikli
Affiliation:
Suleyman Demirel University, Sevket Demirel Heart Center, Isparta, Turkey
Mehmet Ozaydin
Affiliation:
Suleyman Demirel University, Sevket Demirel Heart Center, Isparta, Turkey
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Abstract

We report a patient in whom the circumflex coronary artery arose anomalously from the right aortic sinus. The patient also had atrial and ventricular septal defects in the setting of Eisenmenger physiology. We recommended transplantation of the heart and lungs.

Keywords

Coronary arterial anomaliesseptal defectsanatomycongenital cardiac disease
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 96 - 98
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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