Abstract

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCA-PA) is a rare form of congenital heart disease. In this report, three cases with this anomaly are described; two patients presented in infancy with heart failure from myocardial ischemia and infarction, while the third was asymptomatic and ALCA-PA was diagnosed during evaluation of a residual murmur after surgery for associated cardiac defects (ventricular septal defect and patent arterial duct). All three cases underwent aorto-pulmonary tunnel repair (Tukeuchi procedure), and to our knowledge two of them are the first infantile cases reported in Turkey.

How to cite

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Sarioğlu A, Saltik IL, Sağin-Saylam G, Batmaz G, Sarioğlu T, Aytaç A. Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Turk J Pediatr 1997; 39: 127-135.