Everything in the "right" place: multifocal transient ST segment elevation in patient with single coronary artery arising from the right Valsalva sinus

Acta Biomed. 2019 Sep 6;90(3):336-338. doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i3.7167.

Abstract

Single coronary artery (SCA) is a rare coronary anomaly that occurs with an incidence of 0.024%. We report the case of an 83-year-old woman with a Lipton's type 3 SCA, which is the rarest anomaly within this group, occurring only in the 0.004% of general population. The clinical presentation of this patient was chest pain at rest with multifocal transient ST segment elevation as a marker of multifocal ischemia secondary to severe three vessels coronary artery disease (CAD). This patient was proposed for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with an excellent mid-term outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Sinus of Valsalva / abnormalities*