Anomalous origin and course of the left coronary artery in a child

Management of anomalous coronary arteries from the contralateral sinus

“…Anomalies of coronary arterial origin and course were described nearly two millennia ago by Galen [1], and Vesalius provided one of the earliest schematics of anomalous anatomy in his Tabulae Anatomica [2]. Still, we have only recently appreciated their clinical significance.…”

A Single Coronary Artery

“…At the point where the vessels entered the anterior longitudinal sulcus, there was a small anastomosis with the terminal part of the large right coronary vessels. DISCUSSION Several classical cases of " absence " of the left coronary artery have been recorded, notably those of Bockdalek (1867), Gallavardin and Ravault (1925), Smith and Graber (1926), Gratzer (1926), Kintner (1931), Born (1933), and Sanes (1937).…”