Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery
M Durand1, E T Nguyen, A M Crean
1Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada. mirandadurand@gmail.com
Abstract:
A 24-year-old female presented to her general practitioner with shortness of breath. She was referred for an echocardiogram, which demonstrated features suggestive of a right coronary artery fistula, and referred to our institute. We performed a contrast-enhanced, prospectively triggered cardiac CT angiogram, which demonstrated the primary and secondary features of anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), also known as the Bland-White-Garland syndrome, a rare congenital abnormality of the origin of the left main coronary artery.
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