Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Congenital absence of the left circumflex artery is a rare coronary anomaly with few reported cases in the literature. These patients are usually diagnosed incidentally when they undergo coronary angiography or coronary CT to rule out underlying coronary artery disease. In this article, we report a...

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Main Authors: Setri Fugar, Lydia Issac, Alexis Kofi Okoh, Christelle Chedrawy, Nadia El Hangouche, Neha Yadav
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6579847
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description Congenital absence of the left circumflex artery is a rare coronary anomaly with few reported cases in the literature. These patients are usually diagnosed incidentally when they undergo coronary angiography or coronary CT to rule out underlying coronary artery disease. In this article, we report a case of a 46-year-old man who was incidentally found to have a congenitally absent left circumflex artery with a superdominant right coronary artery after a workup was initiated for frequent premature ventricular contractions and regional wall motion on echocardiogram. A review of the clinical presentation, symptoms, and diagnostic modalities used to diagnose this entity is presented.
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spelling doaj-art-adb28ad4f1a4444c8f0c025dffbba9592025-08-20T03:39:41ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122017-01-01201710.1155/2017/65798476579847Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureSetri Fugar0Lydia Issac1Alexis Kofi Okoh2Christelle Chedrawy3Nadia El Hangouche4Neha Yadav5Department of Internal Medicine, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USADepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Barnabas Heart Hospitals, West Orange, NJ 07052, USADepartment of Radiology, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USADepartment of Cardiology, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USADepartment of Cardiology, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USACongenital absence of the left circumflex artery is a rare coronary anomaly with few reported cases in the literature. These patients are usually diagnosed incidentally when they undergo coronary angiography or coronary CT to rule out underlying coronary artery disease. In this article, we report a case of a 46-year-old man who was incidentally found to have a congenitally absent left circumflex artery with a superdominant right coronary artery after a workup was initiated for frequent premature ventricular contractions and regional wall motion on echocardiogram. A review of the clinical presentation, symptoms, and diagnostic modalities used to diagnose this entity is presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6579847
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Case Reports in Cardiology
title Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Congenital Absence of Left Circumflex Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort congenital absence of left circumflex artery a case report and review of the literature
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6579847
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