title: Malignant ventricular arrhythmias revealing anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in two adults.
abstract: We report two cases of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), revealed by malignant ventricular arrhythmias in adult patients. A two coronary system was re-established in both patients, and cryotherapy was performed on one of the patients who, in addition, presented ventricular aneurysm triggering ventricular tachycardia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Arnaud de Villeneuve University Hospital, Montpellier, France. pa-chaptal@chu-montpellier.fr
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Frapier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bodino
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Chaptal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D017679:Cryotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy