title: Surgical Treatment of an Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery in a Sexagenarian Woman.
abstract: Late presentation of an anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is uncommon because patients rarely survive past infancy. We present a case of symptomatic ALCAPA associated with decreased myocardial contractility in a 68-year-old woman. The patient underwent reimplantation of the left coronary artery in the aortic root.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Hassane
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bouhout
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: St-Onge
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: François-Pierre
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Mongeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: philippe.demers@icm-mhi.org.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D063748:Bland White Garland Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*