Dergiler / Medical Science and Discovery / 2015 / Cilt: 2 Sayı: 6

Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery; Congenital anomaly presenting with dyspnea. A rare case study

Anomalous origin of Left Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery; Congenital Anomaly Presenting with Dyspnea. A rare Case Study

Sayfa
358–61
DOI
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Abstract

Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is rare congenital anomaly. Most of these patients die is infancy. Presentation in adulthood is very rare. Clinical manifestation in teenagers or young adult contains arrhythmia, myocardial perfusion likely causes significant chest pain and these symptoms of myocardial ischemia may be misinterpreted as routine infantile colic and sudden death.