Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2009 , Vol 52 , Num 2
Both coronary arteries originating from the pulmonary artery: a case report
Figen Akalın1, Burcu Topçu2
1Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Pediatri Doçenti,
2Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Pediatri Uzmanı
Akalın F, Topçu B. (Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey). Both coronary arteries originating from the pulmonary artery: a case report. Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2009; 52: 81-84.

Both coronary arteries originating from the pulmonary artery is an extremely rare potentially fatal condition reported in only a few cases, causing dilated cardiomyopathy in early infancy. We report a three-month-old patient presenting with cardiomegaly and heart failure accompanied by echocardiographic findings of dilated cardiomyopathy and both coronary arteries originating from the pulmonary artery.

Key words: coronary artery abnormality, ALCAPA, dilated cardiomyopathy.
Anahtar Kelimeler : koroner arter anomalisi, dilate kardiyomiyopati
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