title: Left main coronary atresia in a child with absent pulmonary valve syndrome: early entrapment of an innocent bystander.
abstract: Atresia of the left main coronary artery is a rare anomaly that, if left untreated, has an unfavorable outcome. We hereby report left main coronary artery atresia in a child with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve and discuss the possible developmental basis of the association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Saurabh Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Rajnish
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juneja
authors.forename: Gurpreet Singh
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Gulati
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Absent Pulmonary Valve; Atresia; Left Main Coronary Artery; Tetralogy of Fallot