Anomalous origin of Left Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery; Congenital Anomaly Presenting with Dyspnea. A rare Case Study | Zendy

Shariar Anvari | Zendy; Sohrab Negargar | Zendy; Ahmad Jamei Khosroshahi | Zendy

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Anomalous origin of Left Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery; Congenital Anomaly Presenting with Dyspnea. A rare Case Study

Author(s) -

Shariar Anvari,

Sohrab Negargar,

Ahmad Jamei Khosroshahi

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

medical science and discovery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2148-6832

DOI - 10.17546/msd.07800

Subject(s) - medicine , left coronary artery , cardiology , chest pain , presentation (obstetrics) , pulmonary artery , coronary artery anomaly , sudden death , artery , left pulmonary artery , myocardial infarction , right coronary artery , radiology , coronary angiography

Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is rare congenital anomaly. Most of these patients die is infancy. Presentation in adulthood is very rare. Clinical manifestation in teenagers or young adult contains arrhythmia, myocardial perfusion likely causes significant chest pain and these symptoms of myocardial ischemia may be misinterpreted as routine infantile colic and sudden death.

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