A threatening meteor for cardiac surgeons: anomalous left main coronary origin in type A aortic dissection

Lucio Braconi; Francesco Cabrucci; Beatrice Bacchi; Massimo Bonacchi

doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezac411

A threatening meteor for cardiac surgeons: anomalous left main coronary origin in type A aortic dissection

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Aug 3;62(3):ezac411. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac411.

Authors

Lucio Braconi¹, Francesco Cabrucci², Beatrice Bacchi², Massimo Bonacchi²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiac Surgery Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
² Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

PMID: 35929792
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac411

Abstract

We present the case of a type A aortic dissection originating from the right coronary ostium and an intraoperative diagnosis of the entire coronary artery system originating from a single right-sided coronary ostium.

Keywords: Acute aortic dissection; Congenital coronary anomalies; Three-dimensional computed tomography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Dissection* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection* / surgery
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessel Anomalies* / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessel Anomalies* / surgery
Humans
Meteoroids*
Surgeons*