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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2011; 21(01): 57-59
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.76057
Cardiac

Case report: Intra-atrial course of right coronary artery: Evaluation by dual-source CT

Johann Christopher
Department of Cardiology, CARE Hospital, Hyderabad, India
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Chary Duraikannu
Department of Radiology, CARE Hospital, Hyderabad, India
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Abstract

We report a case of an anomalous course of the right coronary artery (RCA) through the right atrium, which was evaluated using dual-source CT angiography. There have been a few cases described previously in literature, but most of them were found either during surgery or at autopsy. Although this variant is clinically benign, it has significant consequences during interventional procedures or bypass surgery.

Keywords

Dual-source CT - intra-atrial - right coronary artery


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Article published online:
31 July 2021

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