Understanding Cardiac Anatomy and Imaging to Improve Safety of Procedures: The Sinus Node Artery

Derek L Esrailian; Shumpei Mori; Kalyanam Shivkumar

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102124

Understanding Cardiac Anatomy and Imaging to Improve Safety of Procedures: The Sinus Node Artery

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Nov 9:28:102124. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102124. eCollection 2023 Dec 20.

Authors

Derek L Esrailian¹, Shumpei Mori¹, Kalyanam Shivkumar¹

Affiliation

¹ UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California USA.

Abstract

The sinus node artery can originate from either the right or the left coronary arteries, or even both, and follows a variable course. Being aware of these important variations is of clinical significance during open heart surgery and catheter ablation procedures to avoid injury to the artery.

Keywords: Amara Yad Project; McAlpine collection; anatomy; sinus node artery.

Publication types

Case Reports