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Echocardiographic Findings of an Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery in Children and Adolescents
Author(s) -
Wang Shu-shui,
Chen Xin-xin,
Chen Ji-mei,
Zhang Zhi-wei,
Ma Ying,
Huang Mei-ping,
Zhuang Jian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.15.11019
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , left coronary artery , artery , pulmonary artery , sinus (botany) , coronary arteries , myocardial ischemia , sudden cardiac death , ischemia , botany , biology , genus
An anomalous origin of the left coronary artery (LCA) is a relatively uncommon congenital heart defect that can lead to myocardial ischemia and sudden cardiac death. An LCA arising from the pulmonary artery and an LCA arising from the opposite sinus of Valsalva are the common types of anomalous origins of the LCA. Echocardiographic assessment of the coronary arteries is an important component of the routine cardiovascular evaluation, but echocardiographic “pseudo images” of LCA origination can be present in some patients. Detection of an anomalous origin of the LCA remains a challenge to sonographers.