title: Anomalous origin of the left anterior descending artery from the main pulmonary artery with multi-detector row computed tomography coronary angiography.
abstract: Anomalous origin of the left anterior descending artery from the main pulmonary artery is a rare congenital anomaly of the coronary artery. We present a case report of a 31-year-old male patient with anomalous origin of the left anterior descending artery from the main pulmonary artery that was diagnosed by multi-detector row computed tomography coronary angiography and correlated with conventional angiography. The results indicate that multi-detector row computed tomography plays an important role in the diagnosis of some rare coronary anomalies that conventional angiography cannot clarify.
authors.forename: Pei-I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Pu-Lin
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Ikuho
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Ding-Kwo
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jui-Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Ming-Tsung
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed