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Abstract

Congenital coronary anomalies are usually incidental, uncommon and asymptomatic. We present a case of a successful septal ablation of the first septal perforator artery arising from the circumflex artery in a patient with symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Keywords

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy coronary anomalies anomalous septal perforator artery

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