Adult ALCAPA Syndrome-Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery: A Rare Coronary Artery Anomaly Diagnosed by 256-Slice Computed Tomography

Kishor Taori; Suresh Dhakate; Anand Hatgaonkar; Jawahar Rathod; Amit Disawal; Chandrakant Kamble; Darshan Patwa; Akshat Kasat; Jasdeep Kaur

doi:10.4236/oalib.1101411

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Adult ALCAPA Syndrome-Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery: A Rare Coronary Artery Anomaly Diagnosed by 256-Slice Computed Tomography ()

Kishor Taori, Suresh Dhakate, Anand Hatgaonkar, Jawahar Rathod, Amit Disawal, Chandrakant Kamble^*, Darshan Patwa, Akshat Kasat, Jasdeep Kaur

Department of Radio Diagnosis, Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, India.

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1101411 PDF HTML XML 1,228 Downloads 2,401 Views

Abstract

We are presenting a rare case of anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) in an adult patient. The patient underwent coronary CT angiography for exertional dyspnoea, suspected as coronary artery disease; however there were no atherosclerotic plaques. There was anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery. Conventional catheter angiography confirmed the origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery, which was retrogradely filling through right coronary artery.

Keywords

ALCAPA

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Taori, K. , Dhakate, S. , Hatgaonkar, A. , Rathod, J. , Disawal, A. , Kamble, C. , Patwa, D. , Kasat, A. and Kaur, J. (2015) Adult ALCAPA Syndrome-Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery: A Rare Coronary Artery Anomaly Diagnosed by 256-Slice Computed Tomography. Open Access Library Journal, 2, 1-4. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1101411.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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