Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: A rare case diagnosed in an adult

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crvasa.2017.02.005" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crvasa.2017.02.005</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crvasa.2017.02.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.crvasa.2017.02.005</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: A rare case diagnosed in an adult
Original language description
ALCAPA syndrome (anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery) is an extremely rare congenital cardiac anomaly associated with high mortality rate at young age. If undiagnosed and uncorrected, the affected individuals rarely survive beyond infancy. This article reports on a 45-year-old asymptomatic man with the ALCAPA diagnosed thanks to a detailed cardiac examination, that followed the finding of the left bundle branch block and a decreased left ventricular systolic ejection fraction. Although coronary angiography and computed tomography are considered to be the key diagnostic methods for ALCAPA, in this case the diagnosis was established based on echocardiography. Previously, the patient has been under regular review by a cardiologist with the incorrect diagnosis of multiple ventricular septal defects. In fact, this diagnosis resulted from a misinterpretation of the ultrasound image of the intercoronary connections. The presence of a separate diagonal artery originating from aorta renders this case report even more interesting. (c) 2017 Published by Elsevier Sp. z o.o. on behalf of The Czech Society of Cardiology.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30201 - Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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