Origin of an anomalous left coronary artery from a left hilar pulmonary artery.
Anomalous coronaries arising in nontruncal regions of the pulmonary artery are exceedingly rare. We report an autopsy case of an anomalous left coronary artery that arose from the distal pulmonary artery at the hilum of the left lung in an infant with complex congenital heart disease. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such report. This previously unknown coronary malformation led to a fatal intraoperative complication during a pulmonary angioplasty procedure.
Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Room 451, 940 Stanton L Young Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. paari-murugan@ouhsc.edu
Paari
P
Murugan
Marco A
MA
Paliotta
David M
DM
Parham
D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery