Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCA-PA) is a rare form of congenital heart disease. In this report, three cases with this anomaly are described; two patients presented in infancy with heart failure from myocardial ischemia and infarction, while the third was...

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Published inTurkish journal of pediatrics Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 127 - 135
Main Authors Sarioğlu, A, Saltik, I L, Sağin-Saylam, G, Batmaz, G, Sarioğlu, T, Aytaç, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Turkey 01.01.1997
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Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis
Child, Preschool
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - surgery
Female
Hemodynamics
Humans
Infant
Male
Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography
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Summary:Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCA-PA) is a rare form of congenital heart disease. In this report, three cases with this anomaly are described; two patients presented in infancy with heart failure from myocardial ischemia and infarction, while the third was asymptomatic and ALCA-PA was diagnosed during evaluation of a residual murmur after surgery for associated cardiac defects (ventricular septal defect and patent arterial duct). All three cases underwent aorto-pulmonary tunnel repair (Tukeuchi procedure), and to our knowledge two of them are the first infantile cases reported in Turkey.
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ISSN:0041-4301