Single left coronary ostium with a prepulmonic right coronary artery course in a French Bulldog with congenital valvular pulmonary stenosis

Author(s):  
Eric J. Owens ◽  
Katherine F. Scollan ◽  
Trevor X. Pereyda ◽  
Nicole L. LeBlanc
Author(s):  
Maria Elena Andreis ◽  
Ioannis Panopoulos ◽  
Oriol Domenech ◽  
Giuseppe Lacava ◽  
Vincenzo Rondelli ◽  
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1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (5) ◽  
pp. H1422-H1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Hiramatsu ◽  
A. Kimura ◽  
T. Yada ◽  
T. Yamamoto ◽  
Y. Ogasawara ◽  
...  

To clarify the characteristics and causes of phasic blood flow in coronary circulation of the right ventricle we measured blood velocities in peripheral portions of the right coronary artery and vein in dogs under three conditions: control, transient pulmonary stenosis, and isoproterenol administration. An optical fiber sensor of a laser Doppler velocimeter was fixed onto the vessels (150-500 microns OD) with cyanoacrylate. The phasic pattern of distal arterial velocity was compared with the proximal velocity in the right coronary artery measured with an ultrasound pulsed Doppler velocimeter. Systolic-to-total velocity area ratio in the small epicardial artery [0.38 +/- 0.03 (SE)] was found to be smaller than in the large epicardial artery (0.51 +/- 0.02, P less than 0.01), indicating a capacitive filling of the epicardial artery during systole. The velocity waveform in small right coronary veins was predominantly systolic; i.e., it increased with a rise of right ventricular pressure and decreased with right ventricular relaxation. Comparison of the waveforms during isoproterenol infusion and pulmonary stenosis indicates that contraction of the ventricle is more important than right ventricular systolic pressure in retarding arterial inflow and accelerating venous outflow.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gitsios Gitsioudis ◽  
Evangelos Giannitsis ◽  
Waldemar Hosch ◽  
Hans U. Kauczor ◽  
Hugo A. Katus ◽  
...  

Herein we report the diagnostic potential of cardiac computed tomography (cCT) to delineate the origin and course of an anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) originating from the midpart of the left anterior descended artery (LAD) in an adult with no other form of congenital heart disease. The patient was referred to our institution due to exertional dyspnea and suspected coronary artery disease. The patient underwent X-ray coronary angiography, and no high grade lesions were observed in the left coronary vessels. In the course of the mid-left-anterior-descending artery (LAD), an anomalous side branch coursing away from the left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) was observed, while a right coronary ostium could not be depicted. cCT confirmed the absence of a right coronary ostium, and the vessel originating from the mid LAD was identified as an anomalous RCA, which coursed anterior of the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.


2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
V. Ispas ◽  
D.M. Iliescu ◽  
R. Baz ◽  
P. Bordei

Abstract In 68% of cases, the left coronary ostium is at the free edge of the left sigmoid valve in 22% of cases over the edge of the valve and in 8% of cases under the free edge of the valve. In 56% of cases, the right coronary ostium is at the free edge of the left sigmoid valve in 28% of cases over the edge of the valve and in 16% of cases under the free edge of the valve. We found 5 cases with two right coronary ostium and 2 cases with two left coronary ostium. We found that in 38% of cases, the left coronary artery ends in three branches, such as anterior interventricular, circumflex and left marginal arteries, in rest of the cases, the left coronary artery ending by two branches like the anterior interventricular and circumflex arteries in which case the marginal artery originate from circumflex artery and rarely from anterior interventricular artery, or both, in this last case the left marginal artery being double. We found only 8 cases in which the circumflex artery ends as posterior interventricular artery in rest of the cases being represented by the right coronary artery end. Circumflex artery ends by two branches quite often and rarely with three branches which can sometimes be long, down to near the apex of the heart. In 8% of cases, the circumflex artery was less developed and do not vascularize other than the left side of the posterior surface of the left ventricle, sometimes his terminal ramus being left marginal artery. The right coronary artery frequently ends on diaphragmatic surface of the heart either as a single branch in posterior interventricular groove, by bifurcation or even rarely by trifurcation, when one or two branches are located in the posterior interventricular groove. Sometimes the right coronary artery ends on the posterior surface of the left ventricle, where the posterior interventricular artery occurs as collateral branch of the right coronary artery, the right coronary artery extending their vascularization territory to the posterior surface of the left ventricle, right up to the apex of the heart, the right coronary dominance, the circumflex artery in this case ending on the lateral surface of the heart. The right coronary artery may end up on the posterior surface of the right ventricle in which case posterior interventricular artery is represented by the terminal portion of the circumflex artery. The right coronary artery rarely ended as the posterior interventricular artery can reach the apex of the heart. We have found that the dominant type of a coronary artery can be held not only in the number of collateral, but also by their caliber at their origin from the aorta. We encountered 7 cases in which there is a third coronary artery, in 5 cases the third coronary artery being an anterior right I called her middle coronary artery or right ventricular branch and anterior ventricular artery, and in two cases the third coronary artery represent the circumflex artery. In 6 cases of the 7 cases described the third coronary artery showed no atrial branches


2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 545-552
Author(s):  
C.A.T. Cruvinel ◽  
T.M.A. Cruvinel ◽  
L.P.N. Aires ◽  
R.F. Rodrigues ◽  
A.P.F. Melo

ABSTRACT Were used twelve (12) adult anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), adults, 6 (six) males and 6 (six) females, weighing from 20 to 27.32kg from free life. The thoracic cavity was opened until visualization of the whole heart and lungs and later injection of the coronary vessels. The right coronary artery emerged through a single coronary ostium of the aorta, 50%, emitting the intermediate branch and the subsinuous interventricular branch, had a path directed to the subsurface interventricular groove. In the other 50%, the right coronary artery was not present, showing only its branches, intermediate branch and subsurface interventricular branch with emergence of the aorta. Left coronary artery presented, in 83.33%, origin from the aorta in single ostium, issuing the circumflex and interventricular paraconal branches. In 16.66%, the left coronary artery was not evidenced originating from the aorta, but its branches, circumflex and interventricular paraconal.


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