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. 2019 Sep 18;1(3):421-423.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.07.021. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Widowmaker Right Coronary Artery Treated With Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation

Gurpreet Singh  1 , Nicholas A Schreiter  2 , Steven W Schreiter  1
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Widowmaker Right Coronary Artery Treated With Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation

Gurpreet Singh et al. JACC Case Rep. .

Abstract

We present a case of a single coronary artery system arising from the right sinus of Valsalva found to have an obstructive mid-vessel lesion with functional evidence of ischemia on stress testing. She was treated with a first-generation Cypher (Cordis, Johnson & Johnson, Hialeah, Florida) drug-eluting stent and remains asymptomatic at 14-year follow-up. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: DES, drug-eluting stent(s); RCA, right coronary artery; RSoV, right sinus of Valsalva; SCA, single coronary artery; SCD, sudden cardiac death; TIMI, Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; drug-eluting stent; single coronary artery.

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Right Coronary Artery Giving Origin to the Entire Coronary Vasculature
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Post-Right Coronary Artery Stenting
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Subsequent Angiogram
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