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Fig. 2C 43-year-old woman presenting to emergency department with 3
hours of substernal chest pain radiating to back. Initial troponin and
creatine kinase, myocardial bound tests were negative and ECG showed sinus
bradycardia. 64-MDCT was performed 5 hours after emergency department
presentation. RCA = right coronary artery, LAD = left anterior descending
artery, IM = ramus intermedius, LCX = left circumflex coronary artery. Curved
multiplanar reconstruction along centerline of RCA shows regular contrast
enhancement all RCA segments and no evidence of coronary atherosclerotic
plaque or luminal narrowing. Patient was discharged 29 hours after emergency
department presentation without any evidence for ACS. IM artery is seen in 37%
of population.