Anomalous left pulmonary artery origin from internal carotid artery: prospective echocardiographic diagnosis of a previously unknown variant

Poonam P Thankavel; Laura C Martho; Ilana Zeltser

doi:10.1017/S1047951115000384

Anomalous left pulmonary artery origin from internal carotid artery: prospective echocardiographic diagnosis of a previously unknown variant

Cardiol Young. 2016 Jan;26(1):139-42. doi: 10.1017/S1047951115000384. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

Authors

Poonam P Thankavel¹, Laura C Martho¹, Ilana Zeltser¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics,Division of Cardiology,UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas,Children's Medical Center of Dallas,Texas,United States of America.

PMID: 25776111
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951115000384

Abstract

We present a neonate with dextrocardia, tetralogy of Fallot, right arch, and aberrant left subclavian artery with left pulmonary artery origin from the left internal carotid artery, which is previously unreported.

Keywords: Isolated left pulmonary; dextrocardia; tetralogy of Fallot.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnostic imaging*
Carotid Artery, Internal / abnormalities*
Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Ultrasonography