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Coronary Artery Right Dominance

MedGen UID:
476706
•Concept ID:
C3275073
•
Finding

Definition

The posterior descending artery (PDA) and posterolateral artery (PLA) arises from the right coronary artery. (ACC) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCoronary Artery Right Dominance

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Right ventricular myocardial infarction: pathophysiology, clinical implications and management.
Femia G, French JK, Juergens C, Leung D, Lo S
Rev Cardiovasc Med 2021 Dec 22;22(4):1229-1240. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2204131. PMID: 34957766
Perinatal outcome after prenatal diagnosis of single-ventricle cardiac defects.
Beroukhim RS, Gauvreau K, Benavidez OJ, Baird CW, LaFranchi T, Tworetzky W
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2015 Jun;45(6):657-63. Epub 2015 Apr 23 doi: 10.1002/uog.14634. PMID: 25042627
Echocardiographic evaluation, management and outcomes of bilateral arterial ducts and complex congenital heart disease: 16 years' experience.
Peirone A, Abdullah MM, Dicke F, Freedom RM, Smallhorn J
Cardiol Young 2002 May;12(3):272-7. doi: 10.1017/s1047951102000586. PMID: 12365175

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Relationships between coronary arteries and atrioventricular annuli: surgical and percutaneous implications.
Bennani F, Sebestyen A, Grimont P, Ghaffar N, Cavallo D, Nocenti M, Tardy N, Chessel E, Chaffanjon P, Chavanon O
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Feb;70(2):132-138. Epub 2021 Jul 15 doi: 10.1007/s11748-021-01680-8. PMID: 34264450
Coronary Artery Dominance and Cardiovascular Pathologies in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
Zhou N, Lluri G
Am J Med Sci 2022 Feb;363(2):147-150. Epub 2021 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2021.06.016. PMID: 34260957
Morphological analysis of myocardial bridges and coronary arterial dominance in northeast Brazil.
Claudino Dos Santos JC, Barreto JEF, Fernando de Sousa Rodrigues C, Serra de Lima Júnior FA, de Sá Braga Oliveira A
Morphologie 2022 Jun;106(353):92-97. Epub 2021 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.morpho.2021.03.003. PMID: 33775545
Influence of coronary dominance on coronary artery calcification burden.
Azour L, Steinberger S, Toussie D, Titano R, Kukar N, Babb J, Jacobi A
Clin Imaging 2021 Sep;77:283-286. Epub 2021 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.06.008. PMID: 34171741
Interarterial course of anomalous right coronary artery: role of symptoms and surgical outcomes.
Saleem S, Syed M, Elzanaty AM, Nazir S, Changal K, Gul S, Sheikh M
Coron Artery Dis 2020 Sep;31(6):538-544. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000000893. PMID: 32310847

Diagnosis

Left and right coronary artery blood flow distribution method based on dominant type.
Wang X, Liu J, Li N, Ma J, Chen M, Feng Y, Li B, Liu J, Liu Y, Zhang L
Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng 2023 Oct;39(10):e3681. Epub 2023 Jan 22 doi: 10.1002/cnm.3681. PMID: 36629761
Coronary Artery Origins Pattern in Pediatric Patients with Right-Left Fusion Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
Beauchamp DN, Ramaciotti C, Brown P, Thankavel PP
Pediatr Cardiol 2022 Aug;43(6):1229-1238. Epub 2022 Feb 20 doi: 10.1007/s00246-022-02843-x. PMID: 35187607
Right ventricular myocardial infarction: pathophysiology, clinical implications and management.
Femia G, French JK, Juergens C, Leung D, Lo S
Rev Cardiovasc Med 2021 Dec 22;22(4):1229-1240. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2204131. PMID: 34957766
Congenital absence of the left circumflex artery: Case series and review.
Jariwala P, Jadhav K, Kale SS
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2021 Oct;29(8):826-835. Epub 2021 Mar 3 doi: 10.1177/0218492321997378. PMID: 33657827
Interarterial course of anomalous right coronary artery: role of symptoms and surgical outcomes.
Saleem S, Syed M, Elzanaty AM, Nazir S, Changal K, Gul S, Sheikh M
Coron Artery Dis 2020 Sep;31(6):538-544. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000000893. PMID: 32310847

Therapy

Cusp Symmetry and Coronary Ostial Eccentricity and its Impact on Coronary Access Following TAVR.
Wang X, De Backer O, Bieliauskas G, Wong I, Bajoras V, Xiong TY, Zhang Y, Kofoed KF, Chen M, Sondergaard L
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2022 Jan 24;15(2):123-134. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.11.010. PMID: 35057982
Right ventricular myocardial infarction: pathophysiology, clinical implications and management.
Femia G, French JK, Juergens C, Leung D, Lo S
Rev Cardiovasc Med 2021 Dec 22;22(4):1229-1240. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2204131. PMID: 34957766
Supreme dominance of right coronary artery in a patient with typical angina.
Ahmed AS, Ghati N, Sharma G, Malhi AS
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jul 27;12(7) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230278. PMID: 31352394Free PMC Article
Coronary artery aneurysm: a review.
Syed M, Lesch M
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 1997 Jul-Aug;40(1):77-84. doi: 10.1016/s0033-0620(97)80024-2. PMID: 9247557
Coronary artery spasm following coronary artery surgery.
Lemmer JH Jr, Kirsh MM
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 Jul;46(1):108-15. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)65869-9. PMID: 3289515

Prognosis

Left and right coronary artery blood flow distribution method based on dominant type.
Wang X, Liu J, Li N, Ma J, Chen M, Feng Y, Li B, Liu J, Liu Y, Zhang L
Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng 2023 Oct;39(10):e3681. Epub 2023 Jan 22 doi: 10.1002/cnm.3681. PMID: 36629761
Relationships between coronary arteries and atrioventricular annuli: surgical and percutaneous implications.
Bennani F, Sebestyen A, Grimont P, Ghaffar N, Cavallo D, Nocenti M, Tardy N, Chessel E, Chaffanjon P, Chavanon O
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Feb;70(2):132-138. Epub 2021 Jul 15 doi: 10.1007/s11748-021-01680-8. PMID: 34264450
Morphological analysis of myocardial bridges and coronary arterial dominance in northeast Brazil.
Claudino Dos Santos JC, Barreto JEF, Fernando de Sousa Rodrigues C, Serra de Lima Júnior FA, de Sá Braga Oliveira A
Morphologie 2022 Jun;106(353):92-97. Epub 2021 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.morpho.2021.03.003. PMID: 33775545
Influence of coronary dominance on coronary artery calcification burden.
Azour L, Steinberger S, Toussie D, Titano R, Kukar N, Babb J, Jacobi A
Clin Imaging 2021 Sep;77:283-286. Epub 2021 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.06.008. PMID: 34171741
Interarterial course of anomalous right coronary artery: role of symptoms and surgical outcomes.
Saleem S, Syed M, Elzanaty AM, Nazir S, Changal K, Gul S, Sheikh M
Coron Artery Dis 2020 Sep;31(6):538-544. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000000893. PMID: 32310847

Clinical prediction guides

Left and right coronary artery blood flow distribution method based on dominant type.
Wang X, Liu J, Li N, Ma J, Chen M, Feng Y, Li B, Liu J, Liu Y, Zhang L
Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng 2023 Oct;39(10):e3681. Epub 2023 Jan 22 doi: 10.1002/cnm.3681. PMID: 36629761
Coronary arterial dominance in patients with congenital heart disease.
Kobayashi M, Muneuchi J, Sugitani Y, Doi H, Furuta T, Ezaki H, Watanabe M
Heart Vessels 2022 Sep;37(9):1611-1617. Epub 2022 Mar 31 doi: 10.1007/s00380-022-02062-7. PMID: 35357544
Coronary Artery Origins Pattern in Pediatric Patients with Right-Left Fusion Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
Beauchamp DN, Ramaciotti C, Brown P, Thankavel PP
Pediatr Cardiol 2022 Aug;43(6):1229-1238. Epub 2022 Feb 20 doi: 10.1007/s00246-022-02843-x. PMID: 35187607
Coronary Artery Dominance and Cardiovascular Pathologies in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve.
Zhou N, Lluri G
Am J Med Sci 2022 Feb;363(2):147-150. Epub 2021 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2021.06.016. PMID: 34260957
Influence of coronary dominance on coronary artery calcification burden.
Azour L, Steinberger S, Toussie D, Titano R, Kukar N, Babb J, Jacobi A
Clin Imaging 2021 Sep;77:283-286. Epub 2021 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.06.008. PMID: 34171741

Recent systematic reviews

Takotsubo-Like Myocardial Dysfunction in Ischemic Stroke: A Hospital-Based Registry and Systematic Literature Review.
Jung JM, Kim JG, Kim JB, Cho KH, Yu S, Oh K, Kim YH, Choi JY, Seo WK
Stroke 2016 Nov;47(11):2729-2736. Epub 2016 Oct 11 doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014304. PMID: 27729583
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and coronary artery dissection or aneurysm: a systematic review.
Neves JB, Rodrigues FB, Lopes JA
Ren Fail 2016;38(4):493-502. Epub 2016 Feb 18 doi: 10.3109/0886022X.2016.1144209. PMID: 26888492

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