The role of echocardiography in anomalous origin of coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA): Simple tool for a complex diagnosis.
Sedigheh SaediMozhgan ParsaeeMelody FarrashiFeridoun NoohiBahram MohebbiPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)
Anomalous origin of coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare coronary anomaly usually presenting in the first year of life. Adult presentation suggests a wide range of differential diagnosis such as myocarditis, dilated cardiomyopathy, and coronary artery disease. We have presented here the major distinctive echocardiographic features of ALCAPA through 4 cases. Since echocardiography is often used as the first imaging modality in these clinical scenarios, recognizing the characteristics of ALCAPA in a routine echocardiographic examination can transform a readily available, low-cost tool into a valuable discriminative modality.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary artery
- coronary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- left ventricular
- low cost
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- mitral valve
- case report
- computed tomography
- left atrial
- high resolution
- climate change
- heart failure
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- aortic stenosis
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular disease
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- young adults
- photodynamic therapy