title: AVNRT unmasking asymptomatic ALCAPA (anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery) with preserved left ventricular function in middle age.
abstract: We present the unusual case of a 49-year-old female with a previously undiagnosed anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) presenting in middle age with atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) and preserved left ventricular function. She subsequently underwent successful translocation of her anomalous left coronary artery to the aorta.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. donahez@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Donah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: Neil P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left