Open AccessA rare coronary anomaly with masked diagnosis: Anomalous left circumflex artery from right pulmonary artery
Author(s) -
Doğukan Aktaş,
Abdullah Erdem,
Nida Çelik,
Hacer Kamalı,
Türkay Sarıtaş
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
türk kardiyoloji derneği arşivi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 1016-5169
DOI - 10.5543/tkda.2015.94399
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , asymptomatic , right coronary artery , circumflex , pulmonary artery , right pulmonary artery , coronary artery anomaly , artery , sudden death , left coronary artery , radiology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
Anomalous origin of the circumflex coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare congenital coronary anomaly. While it generally follows an asymptomatic course, if undiagnosed it may lead to severe clinical outcomes, including sudden death. The condition can be masked by associated defects, so when it is clinically suspected, diagnosis must be confirmed by conventional and/or magnetic resonance angiography, even if echocardiography clearly shows coronary roots. This report describes a patient who underwent neonatal surgery for aortic coarctation and was diagnosed with coronary artery anomaly at 15 months old.