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Table 3 Incidence of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in patients with congenital coronary artery anomalies.

From: Primary congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries and relation to atherosclerosis: an angiographic study in Lebanon

 

CAD in normal coronary vessels Number (percentage)

Only anomalous coronary vessel with CAD Number (percentage)

Normal and anomalous coronary vessels with CAD Number (percentage)

LCX arising from right coronary sinus or from early branch of RCA (n = 19)

7 (37%)

5 (26%)

7 (37%)

RCA arising from left sinus (n = 9)

6 (67%)

1 (11%)

2 (22%)

Aberrant origin of the LMCA from right coronary sinus (n = 5)

4 (80%)

0 (0%)

1 (20%)

LAD arising from right coronary sinus (n = 1)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (100%)

Total (n = 34)

17 (50%)

6 (18%)

11 (32%)

  1. CAD: Coronary artery disease.
  2. RCA: Right Coronary Artery.
  3. LCX: Left Circumflex.
  4. LAD: Left anterior descending artery.
  5. LMCA: Left main coronary artery.