Left coronary artery arising from the non-coronary sinus: a rare congenital coronary anomaly

L Liberman; R H Pass; S Kaufman; A J Hordof; B F Printz; A Prakash

doi:10.1007/s00246-004-0847-6

Left coronary artery arising from the non-coronary sinus: a rare congenital coronary anomaly

Pediatr Cardiol. 2005 Sep-Oct;26(5):672-4. doi: 10.1007/s00246-004-0847-6.

Authors

L Liberman¹, R H Pass, S Kaufman, A J Hordof, B F Printz, A Prakash

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York , and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16378209
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-004-0847-6

Abstract

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery is a cause of sudden death in adolescents and young adults. Most commonly, it originates from the right coronary sinus or the pulmonary artery. Origin of the left main coronary artery from the non-coronary sinus of Valsalva is extremely rare. We report a case of a child with anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the non-coronary sinus diagnosed during the evaluation of a ventricular arrhythmia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / physiopathology
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / therapy
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
Defibrillators, Implantable
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Electrocardiography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Sinus of Valsalva / abnormalities*
Sinus of Valsalva / diagnostic imaging
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy