Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2022; 118(5): 1000-1001
Intracavitary Right Coronary Artery: An Incidental Finding with Potential Implications for Invasive Cardiac Procedures
Sara Cristina da Silva Borges
, Catarina Isabel Ribeiro Carvalho, Miguel Eduardo Teixeira Moz Gonçalves, Ana Isabel Santos Baptista, José Ilídio Moreira
A 66-year-old man with a history of palpitations suggestive of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia was referred for CT angiography (CTA) for exertional dyspnea etiology investigation. ECG-gated cardiac CT was performed using the 64-slices dual-source Somatom Go Scanner.
CTA showed the normal origin of the right and left main coronary arteries, and there was no evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease. The proximal right coronary artery (RCA) had a normal epicardial course, but mid-RCA was noted to penetrate the right atrial wall for a 30 mm course within the right atrium, exiting to its usual course in the posterior atrioventricular groove, as demonstrated via the multiplanar reconstruction CT images at maximum intensity projection ( ) as well as 3-dimensional reconstructions ( ).
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