All issues > Volume 32(10); 1989

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1989;32(10):1428-1434. Published online October 31, 1989.

A Case of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from The Pulmonary Artery(Bland-White-Garland Syndrome).

Jae Sook Ma¹, Kwang Ok Lee¹, Tae Ju Hwang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwang Ju, Korea

Received: April 12, 1989;  Accepted: June 23, 1989.

Abstract

The anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (Bland-White -Garland Syndrome) is a relatively rare congenital heart disease, in which the right coronary artery arises normally while the left comoary artery arises from the pulmonary artery. We experienced a case of this anomaly without any other cardiac defect in a 4 month-old female infant. The diagnosis was suspected on the basis of electrocardiogram and echocardiogram, and confirmed by aortogram. Characteristic findings of electrocardiogram, echocardiogram and angiocardiogram were described, and a brief review of literature was made.

Keywords :Bland-White-Garland Syndrome