Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of anomalous left coronary artery from the right aortic sinus.
Patients with anomalous left main coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva and coursing posteriorly between the aorta and the pulmonary artery are prone to sudden death. We present a patient with this entity in whom the diagnosis was made by transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography and coronary angiography.
Alam
M
M
Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 48202.
Brymer
J
J
Smith
S
S
D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities*