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20875624

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-29
pubmed:abstractText
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital heart defect that affects approximately 1 in 300,000 live births and accounts for 0.5% of all congenital heart disease. Without surgical intervention, most patients with this anomaly die in infancy. The diagnosis of ALCAPA syndrome is sometimes difficult, especially in children, because it often presents with atypical symptoms and signs. Echocardiography can yield some findings that are highly indicative of this syndrome. Cardiac catheterization usually establishes the diagnosis, but it is invasive and painful. Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) is a valuable alternative tool to confirm the diagnosis of ALCAPA syndrome. In this report, we describe a 24-year-old woman with a dilated right coronary artery detected by transthoracic echocardiography, showing an interventricular abnormal flow over the diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle and the left main coronary artery not merging with the ascending aorta. The diagnosis of ALCAPA syndrome was confirmed by MDCT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1728-7731
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
492-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Usefulness of multidetector-row computed tomography in diagnosis of anomalous origin of left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiovascular Center, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, #160 Section 3 Taichung-Kang Road, Taichung, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports