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One train may hide another: anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery revealed by supraventricular tachycardia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2011

Thomas Cognet ,
Pierre-Emmanuel Séguéla  and
Philippe Acar
Thomas Cognet
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Children's Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, France
Pierre-Emmanuel Séguéla*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Children's Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, France
Philippe Acar
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Children's Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, France
*
Correspondence to: Dr P.-E. Séguéla, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Children's Hospital, Toulouse University Hospital, 330 Avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. Tel: 0033 534557459; Fax: 0033 534558663; E-mail: peseguela@yahoo.fr
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Abstract

We report the case of a 1-month-old boy with an unusual association of supraventricular tachycardia and anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Although signs of infarction were visible on the first electrocardiogram, the presence of an arrhythmia did not immediately suggest a coronary anomaly. Echocardiography allowed the diagnosis, thus leading to appropriate care.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseaseanomalous coronary arteryarrhythmia
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 2012 , pp. 100 - 102
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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