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False positive retroaortic left circumflex coronary artery in a patient with atrial septal defect
Author(s) -
Gupta Saurabh Kumar,
Gupta Anunay,
Ramakrishnan Sivasubramanian,
Kothari Shyam S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13510
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , cardiology , circumflex , aortic sinus , right coronary artery , artery , left coronary artery , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , alternative medicine , pathology
Retroaortic course of coronary artery is a relative contraindication for device closure of an atrial septal defect. In this brief report, we demonstrate, for the first time, inferior aortic recess mimicking retroaortic left circumflex coronary artery in a patient with atrial septal defect. This distinction is important to avoid spurious diagnosis of anomalous coronary artery denying patient a chance of nonsurgical closure of atrial septal defect.