Authors: Maciej Krupiński Małgorzata UrbańczykZawadzka Bartosz Laskowicz Małgorzata Irzyk Robert Banyś Piotr Klimeczek Katarzyna Gruszczyńska Jan Baron
Publish Date: 2014/06/04
Volume: 24, Issue: 10, Pages: 2353-2359
Abstract
Anomalous origin of the coronary artery was found in 54 076 patients 29 men 25 women mean age 609 ± 116 years Sixteen 30 patients with abnormal right coronary origin ARCA more commonly had a slitlike orifice 15 vs 3 p 0001 intramural course 15 vs 3 p 0001 and interarterial course 11 vs 0 p 0001 than 22 41 and 13 24 individuals with abnormal circumflex artery ALCx and left coronary artery ALCA origin respectively Patients with ALCA presented less frequently with chest pain than subjects with ARCA and ALCx 25 vs 3 p = 003 Patients with ARCA tended to show higher occurrence of cardiac events in the followup than individuals with ALCA and ALCx 5 vs 4 p = NS
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