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Journal of Cardiology Cases 7 (2013) e121
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We appreciate the time and effort Park et al. took to read and think about our case report, as well as share some of your thought with us and the Journal of Cardiology Cases reader. His point is an extremely important one: that is, the new nomenclature of the double-lumen right coronary artery (DLRCA) distinguishes from double right coronary artery (DRCA). In 2010, when we reported our case, a similar case report was not found in those days, so, we didn’t think about the new nomenclature of ‘DLRCA’ deeply. However, after read your similar experienced case and thought, we really agree with you. So far, even the definition of a ‘DRCA’ is no consensus of nomenclature, using different name as “supernumerary right coronary artery” [1], “duplicated or dual right coronary artery” [2], “split right coronary artery” [3,4]. It is the time we need to reach a consensus of the nomenclature of this congenital coronary anomaly. And ‘DLRCA’ should be classified as a separate entity from DRCA.
[1] Gupta SK, Abraham AK, Reddy NK, Moorthy SJ. Supernumerary right coronary artery. Clin Cardiol 1987;10:425–7. [2] Karaosmanoglu D, Karcaaltincaba M, Akata D. Duplicated right coronary artery: multidetector CT angiographic findings. Br J Radiol 2008;81:e215–7. [3] Sawaya FJ, Sawaya JI, Angelini P. Split right coronary artery. Its definition and its territory. Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35:477–9. [4] Chen YF, Chien TM, Chen CW, Lin CC, Lee CS. Double right coronary artery or split right coronary artery? Int J Cardiol 2012;154:243–5.
Shin Eun Lee (MD) Myung Ho Jeong (MD) ∗ Cardiovascular Research Institute of Chonnam National University, The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, 671 Jaebongro, Donggu, Gwangju, South Korea
DOIs of original articles: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2013.01.006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2009.05.003 1878-5409/$ – see front matter © 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Japanese College of Cardiology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2013.02.001
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+82 62 220 6243; fax: +82 62 227 3105. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.H. Jeong) 7 February 2013
Contents lists available at www.sciencedirect.com
Journal of Cardiology Cases journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jccase
Response to Letter to Editor
References
We appreciate the time and effort Park et al. took to read and think about our case report, as well as share some of your thought with us and the Journal of Cardiology Cases reader. His point is an extremely important one: that is, the new nomenclature of the double-lumen right coronary artery (DLRCA) distinguishes from double right coronary artery (DRCA). In 2010, when we reported our case, a similar case report was not found in those days, so, we didn’t think about the new nomenclature of ‘DLRCA’ deeply. However, after read your similar experienced case and thought, we really agree with you. So far, even the definition of a ‘DRCA’ is no consensus of nomenclature, using different name as “supernumerary right coronary artery” [1], “duplicated or dual right coronary artery” [2], “split right coronary artery” [3,4]. It is the time we need to reach a consensus of the nomenclature of this congenital coronary anomaly. And ‘DLRCA’ should be classified as a separate entity from DRCA.
[1] Gupta SK, Abraham AK, Reddy NK, Moorthy SJ. Supernumerary right coronary artery. Clin Cardiol 1987;10:425–7. [2] Karaosmanoglu D, Karcaaltincaba M, Akata D. Duplicated right coronary artery: multidetector CT angiographic findings. Br J Radiol 2008;81:e215–7. [3] Sawaya FJ, Sawaya JI, Angelini P. Split right coronary artery. Its definition and its territory. Tex Heart Inst J 2008;35:477–9. [4] Chen YF, Chien TM, Chen CW, Lin CC, Lee CS. Double right coronary artery or split right coronary artery? Int J Cardiol 2012;154:243–5.
Shin Eun Lee (MD) Myung Ho Jeong (MD) ∗ Cardiovascular Research Institute of Chonnam National University, The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, 671 Jaebongro, Donggu, Gwangju, South Korea
DOIs of original articles: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2013.01.006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2009.05.003 1878-5409/$ – see front matter © 2013 Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Japanese College of Cardiology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2013.02.001
∗ Tel.:
+82 62 220 6243; fax: +82 62 227 3105. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.H. Jeong) 7 February 2013