Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) in infants: A 5-year review in a defined birth cohort

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-46

  Brotherton, Helen ^a   Philip, Roy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ALCAPA; Cardiac failure; Coronary artery; SIDS

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS LEFT CORONARY ARTERY FROM PULMONARY ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; T WAVE INVERSION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 36348934573     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0423-1     Document Type: Article

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