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Shon, Moon, Yoo, Youn, So, Kwak, Park, Chung, Han, and Hong: Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery:Report of an Adult Case

Abstract

Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital cardiovascular anomaly. The mortality rate among infants and children without operation has been eighty to ninety-five percents and few patients survive till teen-age or adulthood. This anomaly was detected during elective coronary angiogram in a 32 year-old female patient with atypical chest pain. Reversible ischemia was demonstrated on myocardial 201Tl-SPECT. Coronary angiogram revealed anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery.

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