Clinical evaluation of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA)

• Published in: Congenital heart disease Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 607
• Main Authors: Molossi, Silvana, Agrawal, Hitesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Aorta, Thoracic - abnormalities; Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging; Computed Tomography Angiography; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnosis; Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic Imaging - methods; Exercise Test; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; congenital heart disease; anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery; myocardial perfusion; sudden cardiac death; coronary anomalies

The clinical evaluation of patients with an anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA), a congenital abnormality of the origin or course of a coronary artery that arises from the aorta, is challenging given its first presentation being sudden cardiac arrest in about half of the patients. S...