title: A rare coronary anomaly with masked diagnosis: Anomalous left circumflex artery from right pulmonary artery.
abstract: Anomalous origin of the circumflex coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare congenital coronary anomaly. While it generally follows an asymptomatic course, if undiagnosed it may lead to severe clinical outcomes, including sudden death. The condition can be masked by associated defects, so when it is clinically suspected, diagnosis must be confirmed by conventional and/or magnetic resonance angiography, even if echocardiography clearly shows coronary roots. This report describes a patient who underwent neonatal surgery for aortic coarctation and was diagnosed with coronary artery anomaly at 15 months old.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Doğukan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aktaş
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nida
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Çelik
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hacer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamalı
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul Medipol University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Türkay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sarıtaş
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery