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Double Right Coronary Artery: Review of Literature

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Anomalies of the coronary artery are often asymptomatic and uncommon. We report an extremely rare coronary artery anomaly, a double right coronary artery. A 50-year-old male patient was hospitalized with the diagnosis of unstable angina pectoris. Right coronary artery (RCA) injection showed filling of two separately originating RCAs, coursing towards the right atrio-ventricular groove. Then they give a marginal branch and a septal artery, terminated by giving off the posterior descending artery (PDA) in posterior interventricular groove. Coronary anomalies should be recognized to avoid problems during coronary intervention and cardiac surgery.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Gaziantep University, Ali Nadi Ünler Bulari, No:45/8, 27070, Gaziantep, Turkey

    Hulya Erbagci, Nese Kizilkan & Erdem Gumusburun

  2. Department of Cardiology, Medical School, Gaziantep University, Turkey

    Vedat Davutoglu & Serdar Turkmen

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Erbagci, H., Davutoglu, V., Turkmen, S. et al. Double Right Coronary Artery: Review of Literature. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 22, 9–11 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-005-5139-6

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