Double right coronary artery diagnosed by computed tomographic angiography: A case report and systematic review of the literature

[摘要] Double right coronary artery (RCA) is an extremely uncommon anomaly that is mostly detected incidentally in patients undergoing coronary angiography . It can be a benign and isolated anomaly or associated with other congenital abnormalities, mostly other coronary anomalies . Although atherosclerosis and myocardial ischemia have been frequently reported in patients with double RCA, this likely reflects that the patients were evaluated for chest pain rather than the predisposition to atherosclerosis in double RCA. Paralleling the increased awareness of this entity and the availability of non-invasive and cost-effective imaging of the coronary arteries , the diagnosis of double RCA has increased recently. Here, we present a case of double RCA diagnosed by coronary computed tomographic angiography , and provide a mini-review on the demography, anatomic variants, and clinical significance of double RCA.

[学科分类] 生物化学工程

[关键词] Congenital coronary anomaly;Conventional coronary angiography;Double right coronary artery;Coronary computed tomographic angiography