Background:Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery(AAOCA)is a congenital heart disease with a 0.3%−0.5%*** is challenging due to nonspecific clinical *** stratification and treatment are currently based on expert...
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Background:Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery(AAOCA)is a congenital heart disease with a 0.3%−0.5%*** is challenging due to nonspecific clinical *** stratification and treatment are currently based on expert consensus and single-center case ***:demographical and clinical data of AAOCA patients from 17 tertiary-care centers were *** imaging studies(Bidimensional echocardiography,coronary computed tomography angiography[CCTA]were *** correlations with anomalous coronary course and origin were ***:Data from 239 patients(42%males,mean age 15 y)affected by AAOCA were collected;154 had AAOCA involving the right coronary artery(AAORCA),62 the left(AAOLCA),23 other anomalies.211(88%)presented with an inter-arterial *** electrocardiogram(ECG)was abnormal in 37(16%).AAOCA was detected by transthoracic echocardiography and CCTA in 53%and 92%of patients,*** of the patients reported cardiac symptoms(119/239;50%),mostly during exercise in 121/178(68%).An ischemic response was demonstrated in 37/106(35%)and 16/31(52%)of patients undergoing ECG stress test and stress-rest single positron emission cardiac *** with AAORCA,patients with AAOLCA presented more frequently with syncope(18%vs.5%,P=0.002),in particular when associated with inter-arterial course(22%vs.5%,P<0.001).Conclusion:Diagnosis of AAOCA is a clinical challenge due to nonspecific clinical presentations and low sensitivity of first-line cardiac screening *** seems to be strictly correlated to AAOLCA with inter-arterial course.
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