ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM PULMONARY ARTERY IN A 54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN PRESENTING VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA FROM ANTEROSEPTAL SCAR

KANJI IGA; KENJIRO HORI; TADASHI MATSUMURA; HIROMITSU GEN

doi:10.1253/jcj.57.837

KANJI IGA, KENJIRO HORI, TADASHI MATSUMURA, HIROMITSU GEN

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Keywords: ALCAPA(Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery), Old age, Myocardial infarction

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1993 Volume 57 Issue 8 Pages 837-839

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.57.837

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Abstract

We report a 54-year-old female with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery who came to our hospital complaining of dizziness presumably due to ventricular tachycardia. Electrocardiography, echocardiography and myocardial scintigraphy were indistinguishable from anteroseptal myocardial infarction. Only coronary angiography enabled us to differentiate between atherosclerotic ischemic heart disease and anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.

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