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Anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young infant

Isolated anomalous right coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) is a rare congenital coronary anomaly that is asymptomatic and discovered incidentally in most cases. ARCAPA is generally not considered a fatal defect in infancy or childhood, although cases of sudden death have...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kyu Seon, Jo, Eun Young, Yu, Jae Hyeon, Kil, Hong Rang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5177720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28018453
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.11.S80
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author Kim, Kyu Seon
Jo, Eun Young
Yu, Jae Hyeon
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description Isolated anomalous right coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) is a rare congenital coronary anomaly that is asymptomatic and discovered incidentally in most cases. ARCAPA is generally not considered a fatal defect in infancy or childhood, although cases of sudden death have been reported. Here, we report a 2-month-old female infant who presented with a prolonged fever that was determined to be caused by rhinovirus infection. Myocardial ischemia of the left ventricular posterior wall was already seen on echocardiography, and ARCAPA was discovered incidentally. The patient underwent successful surgical reimplantation of the right coronary artery to the aortic root to re-establish dual ostial circulation.
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spelling pubmed-51777202016-12-23 Anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young infant Kim, Kyu Seon Jo, Eun Young Yu, Jae Hyeon Kil, Hong Rang Korean J Pediatr Case Report Isolated anomalous right coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) is a rare congenital coronary anomaly that is asymptomatic and discovered incidentally in most cases. ARCAPA is generally not considered a fatal defect in infancy or childhood, although cases of sudden death have been reported. Here, we report a 2-month-old female infant who presented with a prolonged fever that was determined to be caused by rhinovirus infection. Myocardial ischemia of the left ventricular posterior wall was already seen on echocardiography, and ARCAPA was discovered incidentally. The patient underwent successful surgical reimplantation of the right coronary artery to the aortic root to re-establish dual ostial circulation. The Korean Pediatric Society 2016-11 2016-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5177720/ /pubmed/28018453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.11.S80 Text en Copyright © 2016 by The Korean Pediatric Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kil, Hong Rang
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title Anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young infant
title_full Anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young infant
title_fullStr Anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young infant
title_full_unstemmed Anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young infant
title_short Anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young infant
title_sort anomalous right coronary artery from pulmonary artery discovered incidentally in an asymptomatic young infant
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5177720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28018453
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.11.S80
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