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Case Reports
. 2023 Nov-Dec;51(9):1461-1463.
doi: 10.1002/jcu.23578. Epub 2023 Oct 5.

Anomalous arising of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA)

Adrián Kolesár  1 , Tomáš Toporcer  1 , Marianna Barbierik Vachalcová  2 , Vilém Rohn  3 , Tomáš Molnár  1 , Tatiana Mad'arová  4 , Štefan Lukačin  1
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Anomalous arising of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA)

Adrián Kolesár et al. J Clin Ultrasound. 2023 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Computed tomography 3D reconstruction of a patient with Bland-White-Garland syndrome showing a dilated right coronary artery and thin left coronary artery.

Keywords: ALCAPA; coronary artery anomalies; mitral valve insufficiency.

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