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Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in a 53-year-old woman

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We present a 53-year-old female patient with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), who was admitted for atypical chest discomfort and underwent direct implantation of the anomalous coronary artery (ACA) to the ascending aorta. The clinical characteristics of the anomaly in an adult with only mild symptoms and technical aspects of the procedure were discussed.

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  1. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Jining Medical University Affiliated Hospital, 79 Guhuai Road, Jining, 272029, Shandong, China

    Yanli Qiao, Guoying An & Shanguang Zheng

  2. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardiac Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Department of Magnetic Resonance, Jining Medical University Affiliated Hospital, 79 Guhuai Road, Jining, 272029, Shandong, China

    Xinhai Sun

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Qiao, Y., An, G., Zheng, S. et al. Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in a 53-year-old woman. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 31, 47–50 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-014-0321-x

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