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ALCAPA syndrome in an adult
verfasst von:
Ž.S. Jonjev, MD, PhD, M. Golubović, M. Zagoričnik, A. Koprivica
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Ausgabe 3/2013
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Excerpt
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA syndrome; Bland–White–Garland syndrome) is rare. In the past, most of the cases were diagnosed postmortem and it is believed that the incidence of such a coronary anomaly represents less than 0.5% of all congenital heart anomalies. If present, the mortality of untreated cases is estimated to be over 90%. However, new technical modalities like modern echocardiography, computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide noninvasive visualization of the coronary anatomy, and help us to design surgical approach to correct ALCAPA syndrome. …