Coronary Artery Anomalies: Echocardiographic Evaluation

Abstract

Congenital coronary artery anomalies occur either in isolation or in association with other congenital heart disease. With the advent of multimodality imaging, the number of incidentally detected anomalies of coronary origin has risen over the last decade. The clinical presentation of these anomalies can range from being asymptomatic to serious morbidity and mortality, including sudden cardiac death in children and adolescents. We review the most common coronary anomalies and various echocardiographic views used to image the coronary arteries origin, size, and flow.

Keywords

• anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery
• coronary anomalies
• echocardiography
• kawasaki disease