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. 2014 Jun 30;6(2):127–130. doi: 10.5681/jcvtr.2014.027

Table 1. Summary of characteristics of reported cases with this unusual anomaly .

Case Author/Year Age/Sex Presenting Symptom Angiography Associated Conditions Further imaging Treatment Outcome
1 Tavernarakis 1986 57/M TCP LAD lesion None None NA NA
2 Sheth 1988 60/M ATCP No lesion None None None NA
3 Vrolix 1991 51/M TCP LCX lesion None None CABG
4 Shammas 2001 44/F Chest pain No lesion None None None NA
5 Shammas 2001 30/M Dyspnea/chest discomfort No lesion None Mild posterolateral ischemia in MPI None NA
6 Turhan 2003 52/M ATCP No lesion None None None NA
7 Asha 2003 62/M UA LCX & LAD lesion None None CABG Uneventful recovery
8 Yoshimoto 2004 63/M ATCP No lesion Atrial fibrillation None Oral anticoagulation for AF NA
9 Chou 2004 42/M TCP 40% lesion in LCX None Anteroapical ischemia in MPI Medical Asymotimatic at 1.5 yrs f/u
10 Kunimasa 2007 61/M MI LAD lesion None MSCT NA NA
11 Celik 2008 57/M TCP No lesion None Normal MPI Medical Asymptomatic at 1 yr f/u
12 Tanawuttiwat 2009 44/F ATCP No lesion None Normal DSE Medical NA
13 Datta 2010 69/F TCP No lesion None None None Asymptomatic at 1 yr f/u
14 Choi 2010 68/F ATCP No lesion None Normal MPI NA Symptoms resolved with CCB and nitrate
15 Chung 2010 77/F TCP LAD lesion None Normal MPI PCI on LAD NA
16 Ghaffari 2010 65/F Dyspnea No lesion Massive pulmonary embolism None Medical Dyspnea at 3 months f/u
17 Voyce 2010 76/F RVMI LAD and LCX lesion None None PCI on LCX Asymotimatic at 3 yrs f/u
18 Sonmez 2011 63/F Subacute MI LAD lesion None None PCI on LAD NA
19 Turfan 2012 58/M exertional dyspnea
and chest pain
Mid LAD
lesion
Severe mitral regurgitation None Mitral valve surgery NA
20 Ma 2012 39/M RV MI Distal LCX occlusion None None PCI on LCX NA
21 Blaschke 2013 59/F TCP No lesion None Negative DSE and Stress-perfusion cardiac MRI None NA
22 De Augustin 2014 40/M ATCP No lesion None Inconclusive EST,MSCT Conservative NA
23 Pourbehi 2014 47/M MI LCX & LAD lesion None None PCI Asymptomatic at 8 months f/u
24 Present case 44/M MI LAD lesion None None PCI Asymptomatic at 3 years f/u

ATCP=atypical chest pain, TCP= typical chest pain, PCI= percutaneous coronary intervention, MI= myocardial infarction, M=male, F= female, DSE= dobutamine stress echocardiography, MPI= myocardial perfusion imaging, UA= unstable angina, AF=atrial fibrillation, CABG= coronary artery bypass grafting, f/u=follow-up, RV=right ventricle, CCB= calcium channel blocker, NA= not available