Anomalous Pulmonary Origin of the Left Coronary Artery
Author(s) -
Tsung O. Cheng
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circ.105.10.e63
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , left coronary artery , pulmonary artery , artery
To the Editor:The echocardiographic images of the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery presented by Lin et al1 are very instructive. But I disagree with the statement the authors made in the legend of their Figure 3 that “Turbulent flow from the main pulmonary artery through the orifice to the left coronary artery is evident.”In anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery, because pulmonary artery pressure is lower …
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