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A heart within a heart

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: A 44-year-old man with a history of end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy status-post orthotopic cardiac transplant 14 years ago presented for coronary angiography in preparation for re-operative tricuspid valve replacement. Coronary angiography revealed an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery, with a common coronary trunk arising from the right coronary cusp and bifurcating into right and left main coronary arteries. Interestingly, the right and left coronary arteries coursed to form the shape of a heart, hence, a heart within a heart! © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26971

Authors: Edward T. Carreras, Maya Barghash, Michael M. Givertz, Deepak L. Bhatt

Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Coronary Artery Anomalies

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute