title: [The Bland-White-Garland syndrome or an anomalous origin of the left coronary from the pulmonary artery. Apropos a case of a continuous murmur in an adult].
abstract: The authors report a case of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the trunk of pulmonary artery in an adult without significant symptoms, diagnosed by the presence of a continuous thoracic murmur. Because its low incidence and great mortality in the beginning of life, the appearance in the adult is extremely uncommon, especially without symptoms of cardiac failure, angina pectoris or myocardial infarction. In the present case, the patient was asymptomatic and was submitted to various echocardiograms before the diagnosis was suspected and confirmed with angiography. Surgical treatment was performed successfully with reimplantation of the anomalous vessel in the aorta.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (HUC).
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luís
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peixeiro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Correia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Providência
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006337:Heart Murmurs / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Síndrome de Bland-White-Garland ou origem anómala da coronária esquerda na artéria pulmonar. A propósito de um caso de sopro contínuo num adulto.