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Imaging the elusive anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery
Author(s) -
Sasikumar Deepa,
Sasidharan Bijulal,
Dharan Baiju S.,
Sivasankaran Sivasubramanian,
Krishnamoorthy Kavasseri M.
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.13612
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pulmonary artery , left coronary artery , artery , pulmonary hypertension , mitral regurgitation , mitral valve regurgitation , main pulmonary artery
A 7‐year‐old girl with severe mitral regurgitation and pulmonary artery hypertension with good ventricular function was planned for mitral valve repair, but was subsequently diagnosed to have anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery. We describe the pitfalls in the diagnosis of this rare anomaly, particularly in the presence of severe pulmonary artery hypertension and absence of circumstantial evidence of coronary steal and ventricular dysfunction.