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Origin of an Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from a Left Hilar Pulmonary Artery

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Anomalous coronaries arising in nontruncal regions of the pulmonary artery are exceedingly rare. We report an autopsy case of an anomalous left coronary artery that arose from the distal pulmonary artery at the hilum of the left lung in an infant with complex congenital heart disease. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such report. This previously unknown coronary malformation led to a fatal intraoperative complication during a pulmonary angioplasty procedure.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Room 451, 940 Stanton L Young Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA

    Paari Murugan & David M. Parham

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA

    Marco A. Paliotta

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA

    Marco A. Paliotta & David M. Parham

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Murugan, P., Paliotta, M.A. & Parham, D.M. Origin of an Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from a Left Hilar Pulmonary Artery. Pediatr Cardiol 32, 98–101 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9818-2

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