Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, ALCAPA, Bland-White-Garland syndrome, abnormal septation of the conotruncus into the aorta and pulmonary artery, persistence of the pulmonary buds together with involution of the aortic buds that form the coronary arteries, cardiac anomaly, myocardial ischemia, infarction of the anterolateral left ventricular free wall, congestive heart failure symptoms, CHF symptoms, heart defect, colic-like symptoms, coliclike symptoms, patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, tetralogy of Fallot, coarctation of the aorta

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Mary C Mancini, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
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Howard S Weber, MD, FAAP, FACC, FSCAI, Professor, Assistant Chief, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Penn State University School of Medicine; Director, Pediatric Catheterization Laboratory, Milton S Hershey Medical Center
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