Prevalence of congenital coronary artery anomalies of korean men detected by coronary computed tomography.

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Author	Park, Jae Hyun Kwon, Nak Hyun Kim, Jun Hwan Ko, Yu Jin Ryu, Seo Hee Ahn, Seok Jin Kim, Young Jung Baeg, Joo Yeong Kim, Jung Im
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Background and ObjectivesIt has been demonstrated that the anomalous origin of coronary arteries (AOCA) are generally asymptomatic and rare diseases. However, some cases can cause severe life threatening events. To detect these anomalies, coronary angiographies and autopsies were used to detect coronary artery anomalies, but these procedures have limitations because of their invasiveness. The new device, Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT), now replaces the method of choice for detecting coronary anomalies. The prevalence of these anomalies in Korea has not been studied yet. This present analysis attempted to determine the prevalence of AOCA in Korean men by MDCT.Subjects and Methods1582 Korean male police officers underwent coronary MDCT for their health screening voluntarily. After reconstruction of CT images, we could confirm coronary artery anomalies.ResultsThe prevalence of AOCA in Korean men was 1.14% (18 out of 1582 cases). The most common abnormality (11 cases, 0.70%) was the origin of the coronary artery. Anomalies of the coronary artery end point were observed in 5 cases (0.32%). The anomalous location of coronary ostium on the aortic root was observed in 1 case (0.06%). An anomalous collateral vessel was observed in 1 case (0.06%).ConclusionThe prevalence of coronary artery anomalies in Korean men was 1.14%. Coronary CT is a safe and noninvasive modality for detecting coronary anomalies.
ISSN	17385520
Journal	Korean Circulation Journal
Volume Number	43
PubMed Central reference number	PMC3569572
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	23407877
e-ISSN	17385555
DOI	10.4070/kcj.2013.43.1.7
Language	English
Publisher	The Korean Society of Cardiology
Publisher Date	2013-01-31
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © 2013 The Korean Society of Cardiology
Subject Keyword	Coronary vessel anomalies Multidetector computed tomography Prevalence
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Internal Medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine