The prevalence of anomalous coronary artery is approximately 0.6-1.7% in patients who undergo coronary angiography. These anomalies may cause angina, acute myocardial infarction, syncope and sudden death. Cocaine abuse is now a major health hazard: more than 5 million of Americans are current users. Cocaine abuse can result in coronary artery vasocostriction and the association between cocaine ...

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk, also known as Garland-Bland-White syndrome, is an extremely rare but potentially fatal congenital cardiovascular anomaly, and it often exists as an isolated condition. We hereby report an adult female who was admitted for mild chest discomfort and was accidentally diagnosed to have anomalous origin of the left coronary arter...

Anomalous origin of the right or left coronary artery from the contralateral sinus of Valsalva is often asymptomatic, but many patients, particularly young ones, present with sudden death or myocardial ischemia without symptoms. The mechanism of sudden death in this entity is unclear and has not been fully evaluated. These anomalies are rare, and many cardiologists and radiologists are unfamili...

MYOCARDIALI infaretion in infancy secondary to the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is now a condition that is being recognized with increasing frequency during life. One of the more interesting aspects of this congenital abnormality is the problem of the direction of the blood flow in the left coronary artery. In 1886 St. John Brooks1 first postulated that...

Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with an anomalous coronary artery is technically challenging. Selective cannulation and coaxial positioning in the anomalous artery and optimum stability during the procedure are pivotal for successful completion of the procedure. Selection of the appropriate guide catheter is of paramount importance in these situations. In patients with congenital...

SUM MARY The most common cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (CMP) is viral myocarditis. However, anomalous origin of the left coronary artery is a rare condition that should be evaluated with high suspicion in the differential diagnosis of an infant with dilated CMP. With early surgical correction, an anomalous coronary artery origin has a good prognosis. Awareness of this condition is essential f...

New surgical method for repair of anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery. Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery: recovery of left ventricular function after dual coronary repair. Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: results of isolated aortic reimplantation. Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: diagno...

SUMMARY Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery has been noted in 11 patients at Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia from 1946 to 1969. Four of our cases plus 40 in the literature have been reported with complete catheterization data. These 44 infants and children can be divided into three groups (A, B, and C) according to the magnitude of the shunt at...

INTRODUCTION The combination of anomalous left coronary artery origin from the pulmonary artery and an accessory pathway has not been reported previously in the medical literature. In medicine, the coexistence of two clinical causes can lead to the same clinical findings, and this can make the researcher's attempt to distinguish between the two of them and, hence, the correct diagnosis and trea...

rom the Departments of Radiology and †Internal edicine, Sejong Hospital nd Sejong Heart Institute, yunggi, South Korea. anuscript received anuary 21, 2009; ccepted February 6, 2009. A78-year-old woman was admitted with chest pain. Coronary angiography revealed a normal right coronary artery. The left coronary artery (LCA) could not be intubated and was not possible to demonstrate on right coron...