Annals of Pediatric Cardiology (Jan 2014)

Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery - Duped by 2D; saved by color Doppler: Echocardiographic lesson from two cases

  • Tharakanatha R Yarrabolu,
  • Nazire Ozcelik,
  • Jose Quinones,
  • Matthew D Brown,
  • Duraisamy Balaguru

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.140862
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 230 – 232

Abstract

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Echocardiography is an important first-line investigation for detection of anomalous origin of a coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA). We report two cases of ALCAPA that illustrate the importance of systematic performance of the echocardiogram, mindful of technical artifacts that may mislead the echocardiographer color Doppler imaging in diagnosis of this condition.

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