RCA and other heart issues

[stigs3800]

How or should I say are the following diagnosis' connected....anomalous RCA and pericarditis?

[kenkeith]

Yes, an angiogram would be helpful to determine the significance.  The cath is an interventional procedure; there is another option that is not interventional, and that is a CT angiogram 64 slice and takes about 10 minutes. It is not for everyone as there is medication to reduce the heart rate (better images) below 60.  It is as good as a cath for images.

[stigs3800]

thank you so much for you comments......they were very helpful. I spoke to the cardiologist yesterday and this is what they want to do. If you could give me your opinion I would greatly appreciate it. They want to do a cardiac cath/angiogram. This is going to take place this Mon. My father died of arthersclerosis at the age of 55.

Thank you again. I look forward to hearing back from you and again thank you!

Elena

[kenkeith]

Often the pericarditis cause is unknown, high percentage due to bacterial infection.  If there is a connection with anomalous RCA and pericarditis, the connection would most likely be due to myocardial infarction (damaged heart cells).  The damaged heart cells can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by the RCA anomaly.