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. 2024 Apr;32(4):184-186.
doi: 10.1007/s12471-023-01829-5. Epub 2023 Nov 28.

ALCAPA syndrome, a rare cause of sudden cardiac death

Muniebur Rehman  1 , Thijs Braber  2 , Mohamed Mouden  2 , Siert Knollema  3 , Ahmet Güçlü  2
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ALCAPA syndrome, a rare cause of sudden cardiac death

Muniebur Rehman et al. Neth Heart J. 2024 Apr.
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Conflict of interest statement

M. Rehman, T. Braber, M. Mouden, S. Knollema and A. Güçlü declare that they have no competing interests.

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a Computed tomography angiography showed an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery (LCA, red arrow) from the pulmonary artery (PA), b an ectatic and tortuous LCA (red arrow)
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