Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the anterior aortic sinus: role of echocardiography.
Sudden death in the young is a dramatic event which can be avoided with a preventive identification of the underlying cause. We report one case in which we identify the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.
Daliento
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Department of Cardiology, University of Padua, Medical School, Italy.
Fasoli
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Mazzucco
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D000293:Adolescent; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002932:Cineangiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*