SummaryPercutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) via a transradial approach has become feasible for the treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO). However, abnormalities such as anomalous origin coronary arteries represent the most technically challenging cases for interventional cardiologists. In this case, we describe a CTO in a rare anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) that originated from a high anterior takeoff with downward direction; transradial recanalization was the second attempt at RCA CTO and was successfully performed by employing a double-anchoring technique with an antegrade and retrograde approach. (Int Heart J 2009; 50: 531-538) Key words: Percutaneous coronary intervention, Right coronary artery chronic total occlusion, Anomaly of right coronary artery, Retrograde guidance, Anchoring technique CHRONIC total occlusions (CTOs) are believed to be the most challenging lesions encountered by interventional cardiologists. 1) Successful recanalization in patients with viable myocardium has been shown to reduce symptoms like angina, decrease the need for surgery, and improve survival.2-3) Coronary artery anomalies have been found in 1% of the general population who underwent diagnostic coronary angiography. 4) Coronary intervention for an anomalous coronary artery is a technically challenging and extremely complicated procedure, especially in cases of a transradial (TR) approach for CTOs without a stump.
5)Here, we describe a rare case of a CTO in the proximal portion of an anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) that originated from a high anterior takeoff and progressed in the downward direction. This second attempt at RCA CTO was From the