Anomalous left coronary artery origin from the pulmonary artery: an unusual late presentation of Bland-Garland-White syndrome

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2009 Sep;10(9):719-21. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832b7f1f.

Abstract

A 43-year-old woman presented with exertional dyspnea. On investigation, she was found to have ischemic left ventricular dysfunction on the basis of an anomalous left coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery. She underwent successful surgical correction of this congenital anomaly that usually presents in childhood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / physiopathology
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery
  • Dyspnea / diagnostic imaging
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / etiology*
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Ischemia / etiology
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology