Surgical repair of naturally palliated anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery.
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary arteries is a rare and life-threatening defect, usually needing prompt surgical correction during infancy. We describe the case of a young asymptomatic patient with this defect who underwent surgical reimplantation despite the absence of signs of myocardial ischemia, due to the presence of proximal stenosis of the anomalous coronary artery.
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Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S. Orsola, University of Bologna, Italy. alessandro5574@iol.it
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D000293:Adolescent; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*