TY - JOUR
T1 - Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) as a silent cause of mitral regurgitation in children
AU - Ashraf, Naela
AU - Zubairi, Suha
AU - Atiq, Mehnaz
AU - Ahmed, Farheen
AU - Amanullah, Muneer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright: the Author(s), 2022.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), also known as Bland-White-Garland syndrome, is a rare cardiac disease. This condition may present with complications such as myocardial infarction, left ventricular dilatation, mitral regurgitation, and left heart failure in children. We report a case of a four-year-old boy who presented with shortness of breath, palpitations, and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. He was diagnosed with mitral regurgitation. During the surgery, left coronary artery (LCA) was not present in its anatomical position and ALCAPA was identified. One should keep in mind the possibility of ALCAPA in presentation of mitral regurgitation in children despite not being reported in echocardiography.
AB - Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), also known as Bland-White-Garland syndrome, is a rare cardiac disease. This condition may present with complications such as myocardial infarction, left ventricular dilatation, mitral regurgitation, and left heart failure in children. We report a case of a four-year-old boy who presented with shortness of breath, palpitations, and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. He was diagnosed with mitral regurgitation. During the surgery, left coronary artery (LCA) was not present in its anatomical position and ALCAPA was identified. One should keep in mind the possibility of ALCAPA in presentation of mitral regurgitation in children despite not being reported in echocardiography.
KW - Bland-White-Garland syndrome
KW - echocardiography
KW - mitral valve insufficiency
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U2 - 10.4081/monaldi.2022.2246
DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2022.2246
M3 - Article
C2 - 35736403
AN - SCOPUS:85147048126
SN - 1122-0643
VL - 93
JO - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
IS - 1
M1 - 2246
ER -