An unusual case of dual left anterior descending artery with coronary computed tomographic angiographic correlation

Case Rep Radiol. 2013:2013:348624. doi: 10.1155/2013/348624. Epub 2013 Nov 3.

Abstract

Dual left anterior descending artery (LAD) is a rare coronary anomaly that is important to recognize at coronary imaging as it may influence reperfusion strategies. Four types of dual LAD are described by the traditional literature. We present a novel case of dual LAD with coronary computed tomographic angiographic correlation that does not fit into this classification system. Rather, our case supports the recently proposed notion of adding a fifth variant to the traditional dual LAD classification system.