False positive retroaortic left circumflex coronary artery in a patient with atrial septal defect | Zendy

Gupta Saurabh Kumar | Zendy; Gupta Anunay | Zendy; Ramakrishnan Sivasubramanian | Zendy; Kothari Shyam S. | Zendy

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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.

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