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Case report : ALCAPA syndrome in a 14 year old iraqi girl presented with acute myocardial infarction
Other Title(s)
متلازمة الكابا (نشوء شاذ للشريان التاجي من الشريان الرئوي الرئوي) في فتاة ذات أربعة عشر عاما عانت احتشاء العضلة القلبية الحاد
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Source
The Medical Journal of Basrah University
Issue
Vol. 33, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2015), pp.30-34, 5 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Medicine
Publication Date
2015-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
5
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Topics
Abstract EN
Anomalous origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA) syndrome is a rare congenital coronary artery anomaly.
There are two types of ALCAPA syndrome: the infant and the adult types, each type presents with different clinical findings and outcomes.
In infantile type, infants usually suffer myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure, and about 90% of them die within the first year of life if untreated surgically.
In rare instances, ALCAPA syndrome presents in adolescents and adults; it is considered as an important cause of sudden cardiac death.
The ideal treatment of ALCAPA syndrome is surgical repair performed by restoration of a dual-coronary-artery system.[13] We reported a case of a 14 year old girl presented with an acute myocardial infarction and her coronary angiography revealed ALCAPA syndrome.
Four months after ALCAPA diagnosis, she was successfully under went surgical reconstruction without any major complications.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Rabii, Hasan M.. 2015. Case report : ALCAPA syndrome in a 14 year old iraqi girl presented with acute myocardial infarction. The Medical Journal of Basrah University،Vol. 33, no. 1, pp.30-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-600130
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Rabii, Hasan M.. Case report : ALCAPA syndrome in a 14 year old iraqi girl presented with acute myocardial infarction. The Medical Journal of Basrah University Vol. 33, no. 1 (Jun. 2015), pp.30-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-600130
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Rabii, Hasan M.. Case report : ALCAPA syndrome in a 14 year old iraqi girl presented with acute myocardial infarction. The Medical Journal of Basrah University. 2015. Vol. 33, no. 1, pp.30-34.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-600130
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 33-34
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BIM-600130