ALCAPA: A BENIGN MURMUR LEADS TO AN ANOMALOUS DIAGNOSIS
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The caveats in the diagnosis of anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA)
Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is an infrequent, well described, but important anomaly of the coronary origin. Early diagnosis and prompt surgical treatment of the disease can be life saving. However, there are several potential sources of error in the seemingly simple stereotype diagnostic pattern. We report a case of ALCAPA and allude to some of the ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)34075-4