Anomalous Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery With Retroaortic Left Circumflex Artery

Kamel Shibbani, MD; Prashant Nagpal, MD; Ravi Ashwath, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Apr 2021)

Anomalous Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery With Retroaortic Left Circumflex Artery

Kamel Shibbani, MD,
Prashant Nagpal, MD,
Ravi Ashwath, MD

Affiliations

Kamel Shibbani, MD: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Prashant Nagpal, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Ravi Ashwath, MD: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Ravi Ashwath, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, BT 1021, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 546 – 549

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A novel coronary anatomy in the form of anomalous left anterior descending coronary artery from pulmonary artery with a retroaortic left circumflex arising from the right coronary artery is presented. This unreported anatomy was discovered in a 7-month-old girl with failure to thrive. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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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