title: False positive retroaortic left circumflex coronary artery in a patient with atrial septal defect.
abstract: Retroaortic course of coronary artery is a relative contraindication for device closure of an atrial septal defect. In this brief report, we demonstrate, for the first time, inferior aortic recess mimicking retroaortic left circumflex coronary artery in a patient with atrial septal defect. This distinction is important to avoid spurious diagnosis of anomalous coronary artery denying patient a chance of nonsurgical closure of atrial septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Saurabh Kumar
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3267-1899
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anunay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sivasubramanian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shyam S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kothari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: atrial septal defect; inferior aortic recess; retroaortic coronary artery; transesophageal echocardiography