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Suspicion, diagnosis, and successful surgical treatment of anomalous origin of the anterior descending coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2009

Evren Semizel*
Affiliation:
Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
Ozlem M. Bostan
Affiliation:
Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
Ergün Cil
Affiliation:
Cardiology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
*
Correpondence to: Evren Semizel, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Bursa, Türkiye. Tel: 90-224-2950450; Fax: 90-224-4428143; E-mail: evsem1@yahoo.co.uk

Abstract

Anomalous origin of the anterior descending coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk is very rare. We suspected such anomalous origin in a boy aged 2.5 years owing to the echocardiographic demonstration of mitral regurgitation and abnormal diastolic flow in the ventricular septum. The diagnosis was confirmed by angiography. The anomalous artery was successfully reimplanted into the aorta.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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