An asymptomatic case of a single coronary artery in a 7-year-old girl

Hisao Yaoita; Masato Kimura; Shigeo Kure

doi:10.1017/S1047951116000834

An asymptomatic case of a single coronary artery in a 7-year-old girl

Cardiol Young. 2016 Oct;26(7):1428-9. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116000834. Epub 2016 Jun 20.

Authors

Hisao Yaoita¹, Masato Kimura¹, Shigeo Kure¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics,Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine,Sendai,Miyagi,Japan.

PMID: 27322191
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951116000834

Abstract

We describe the case of a 7-year-old girl with a single coronary artery. The coronary artery passed between the ascending aorta and pulmonary artery, and an aberrant vessel ran anterior to the latter.

Keywords: Lipton classification; MDCT; Single coronary artery; cardiac catheterisation; coronary event.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiac Catheterization
Child
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Malformations / diagnostic imaging*