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An unusual combination of an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) and a right coronary artery system with two separate ostia from the aorta in an adult

Authors :
Pierre D. Maldjian
Muhamed Saric
Alfonso H. Waller
Steve C. Tsai
Pallavi Solanki
Kamran Hamirani
D O Vivek Dhruva
Marc Klapholz
Yuliya Kats
Source :
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.). 27(1)
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

We describe a patient with an infrequent combination of variants in both the right and the left coronary arterial ostia, namely a combination of two separate right coronary artery (RCA) ostia from the aorta, and an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA). To our knowledge, such a combination has not been previously reported. Based on published statistics for individual variants, such a combination is expected to occur approximately once for every 500,000 to one million live births. ALCAPA and dual RCA anatomy was characterized in our patient by echocardiography, conventional angiography, and multidetector computed tomography before and after Takeuchi repair.

Details

ISSN :
15408175
Volume :
27
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1bc0e34aabc2f7418daade85ef80ef6e