Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Bland-White-Garland Syndrome in an Asymptomatic Adult

Shruti Hegde, MD; Jennifer Bell, MD; Benoy Zachariah, MD; Emani Sitaram, MD; Michael Maysky, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Bland-White-Garland Syndrome in an Asymptomatic Adult

Shruti Hegde, MD,
Jennifer Bell, MD,
Benoy Zachariah, MD,
Emani Sitaram, MD,
Michael Maysky, MD

Affiliations

Shruti Hegde, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, Massachusetts; Address for correspondence: Dr. Shruti Hegde, Cardiovascular Division, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge Street, Brighton, Massachusetts 02135.
Jennifer Bell, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, Massachusetts
Benoy Zachariah, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Brockton, Massachusetts
Emani Sitaram, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Maysky, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, Massachusetts

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 7
pp. 1021 – 1024

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Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital defect and usually diagnosed within the first 2 months of life. Only 10% of patients survive to adulthood largely in part to the formation of extensive collaterals from the right to left coronary arteries. We present a case of ALCAPA diagnosed in an asymptomatic adult through a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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