Open AccessAnomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery - Duped by 2D; saved by color Doppler: Echocardiographic lesson from two cases
Author(s) -
Tharakanatha R. Yarrabolu,
Nazire Özçelik,
Jose A. Quis,
Matthew Brown,
Duraisamy Balaguru
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.140862
Subject(s) - medicine , color doppler , cardiology , pulmonary artery , left coronary artery , artery , doppler effect , radiology , ultrasonography , physics , astronomy
Echocardiography is an important first-line investigation for detection of anomalous origin of a coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA). We report two cases of ALCAPA that illustrate the importance of systematic performance of the echocardiogram, mindful of technical artifacts that may mislead the echocardiographer color Doppler imaging in diagnosis of this condition.