Ectopic ?high? origin of both coronary arteries from the left aortic wall: Anatomic and postmortem angiographic findings

Morphometric Study of the Right Coronary Artery

“…The results of the present study revealed that the ostium of the RCA was located in the middle of the anterior aortic sinus, just below the sinutubular junction in all specimens. Nernatzis and Marionu 2000 [4] reported a high ectopic origin of the coronary arteries and they found that the right coronary artery exhibited a higher frequency than the left one. Piegger et al 2011 [5] reported an extremely high origin of the RCA 38 mm above the supravalvular crest.…”

Morphometric Study of the Right Coronary Artery

“…The results of the present study revealed that the ostium of the RCA was located in the middle of the anterior aortic sinus, just below the sinutubular junction in all specimens. Nernatzis and Marionu 2000 [4] reported a high ectopic origin of the coronary arteries and they found that the right coronary artery exhibited a higher frequency than the left one. Piegger et al 2011 [5] reported an extremely high origin of the RCA 38 mm above the supravalvular crest.…”

Anomalies of Left Coronary Artery Origin Affecting Surgical Repair of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Shone Complex

“…A series of patients with truncus arteriosus reported that high takeoff occurred in 19% of the LCA, and 9% of the RCA; 33 high takeoff is a frequent finding in D‐TGA 33 . Other abnormal coronary origin positions that have been described include a high origin of both coronary arteries from the left aortic wall in a normal heart, 34 and origin of a coronary artery from the descending thoracic aorta in an infant with HLHS 15 . In the case series described above from Lytrivi et al outlining clinically “silent” congenital coronary anomalies, none of the cases of “high coronary takeoff” was described in association with HLHS or Shone complex 24 …”

Ectopic High Origin of a Coronary Artery from the Aorta – A Possible Cause of Sudden Death

“…We diagnosed the pathology incidentally during the autopsy in a case of accidental drowning. Specification of coronary artery anomalies in autopsies is of great importance for the scientific definition and classification of ectopic coronary arteries and for the explanation of sudden cardiac death from a medicolegal aspect (5,7,8). Fig.…”

Morphometric Study of the Right Coronary Artery

“…The results of the present study revealed that the ostium of the RCA was located in the middle of the anterior aortic sinus, just below the sinutubular junction in all specimens. Nernatzis and Marionu 2000 [4] reported a high ectopic origin of the coronary arteries and they found that the right coronary artery exhibited a higher frequency than the left one. Piegger et al 2011 [5] reported an extremely high origin of the RCA 38 mm above the supravalvular crest.…”

Anomalies of Left Coronary Artery Origin Affecting Surgical Repair of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Shone Complex

“…A series of patients with truncus arteriosus reported that high takeoff occurred in 19% of the LCA, and 9% of the RCA; 33 high takeoff is a frequent finding in D‐TGA 33 . Other abnormal coronary origin positions that have been described include a high origin of both coronary arteries from the left aortic wall in a normal heart, 34 and origin of a coronary artery from the descending thoracic aorta in an infant with HLHS 15 . In the case series described above from Lytrivi et al outlining clinically “silent” congenital coronary anomalies, none of the cases of “high coronary takeoff” was described in association with HLHS or Shone complex 24 …”

Ectopic High Origin of a Coronary Artery from the Aorta – A Possible Cause of Sudden Death

“…We diagnosed the pathology incidentally during the autopsy in a case of accidental drowning. Specification of coronary artery anomalies in autopsies is of great importance for the scientific definition and classification of ectopic coronary arteries and for the explanation of sudden cardiac death from a medicolegal aspect (5,7,8). Fig.…”

Morphometric Study of the Right Coronary Artery

“…The results of the present study revealed that the ostium of the RCA was located in the middle of the anterior aortic sinus, just below the sinutubular junction in all specimens. Nernatzis and Marionu 2000 [4] reported a high ectopic origin of the coronary arteries and they found that the right coronary artery exhibited a higher frequency than the left one. Piegger et al 2011 [5] reported an extremely high origin of the RCA 38 mm above the supravalvular crest.…”

Anomalies of Left Coronary Artery Origin Affecting Surgical Repair of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Shone Complex

“…A series of patients with truncus arteriosus reported that high takeoff occurred in 19% of the LCA, and 9% of the RCA; 33 high takeoff is a frequent finding in D‐TGA 33 . Other abnormal coronary origin positions that have been described include a high origin of both coronary arteries from the left aortic wall in a normal heart, 34 and origin of a coronary artery from the descending thoracic aorta in an infant with HLHS 15 . In the case series described above from Lytrivi et al outlining clinically “silent” congenital coronary anomalies, none of the cases of “high coronary takeoff” was described in association with HLHS or Shone complex 24 …”

Ectopic High Origin of a Coronary Artery from the Aorta – A Possible Cause of Sudden Death

“…We diagnosed the pathology incidentally during the autopsy in a case of accidental drowning. Specification of coronary artery anomalies in autopsies is of great importance for the scientific definition and classification of ectopic coronary arteries and for the explanation of sudden cardiac death from a medicolegal aspect (5,7,8). Fig.…”