Open AccessExercise-Induced Abnormalities of Regional Myocardial Deformation in Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Right Coronary Artery
Author(s) -
Edem Binka,
Ni Zhao,
Scott J. Wood,
Stefan L. Zimmerman,
William Thompson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal for pediatric and congenital heart surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.451
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2150-136X
pISSN - 2150-1351
DOI - 10.1177/2150135120947689
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , asymptomatic , artery , ischemia , right coronary artery , stress echocardiography , coronary artery disease , radiology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
Congenital coronary artery anomalies are uncommon and may result in sudden death. Management of asymptomatic patients with anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery (AAORCA) remains controversial with a lack of evidence to guide decision-making. We hypothesized that patients with AAORCA may have exercise-inducible ischemia detectable as abnormalities in regional myocardial deformation on exercise stress echocardiography (ESE).