title: Anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery.
abstract: A 24-year-old female presented to her general practitioner with shortness of breath. She was referred for an echocardiogram, which demonstrated features suggestive of a right coronary artery fistula, and referred to our institute. We performed a contrast-enhanced, prospectively triggered cardiac CT angiogram, which demonstrated the primary and secondary features of anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), also known as the Bland-White-Garland syndrome, a rare congenital abnormality of the origin of the left main coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada. mirandadurand@gmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Crean
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome; D055815:Young Adult