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False positive retroaortic left circumflex coronary artery in a patient with atrial septal defect |
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| Authors: | Saurabh Kumar Gupta MD DM Anunay Gupta MD DM Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan MD DM Shyam S Kothari MD DM |
| Institution: | Department of Cardiology, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India |
| Abstract: | Retroaortic course of coronary artery is a relative contraindication for device closure of an atrial septal defect. In this brief report, we demonstrate, for the first time, inferior aortic recess mimicking retroaortic left circumflex coronary artery in a patient with atrial septal defect. This distinction is important to avoid spurious diagnosis of anomalous coronary artery denying patient a chance of nonsurgical closure of atrial septal defect. |
| Keywords: | atrial septal defect inferior aortic recess retroaortic coronary artery transesophageal echocardiography |