Alberto Cipriani^1,#, Pietro Bernardo Dall’Aglio^1,#, Laura Mazzotta¹, Domenico Sirico², George Sarris³, Mark Hazekamp⁴, Thierry Carrel⁵, Alessandro Frigiola⁶, Vladimir Sojak⁴, Mauro Lo Rito⁶, Jurgen Horer⁷, Regine Roussin⁷, Julie Cleuziou⁸, Bart Meyns⁹, Jose Fragata¹⁰, Helena Telles¹⁰, Anastasios C. Polimenakos¹¹, Katrien Francois¹², Altin Veshti¹³, Jukka Salminen¹⁴, Alvaro Gonzalez Rocafort¹⁵, Matej Nosal¹⁶, Eleftherios Protopapas³, Roberto Tumbarello¹⁷, Patrizio Sarto¹⁸, Cinzia Pegoraro¹⁸, Raffaella Motta¹⁹, Giovanni Di Salvo², Domenico Corrado¹, Vladimiro L. Vida¹, Massimo A. Padalino^1,2,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 375-385, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.019385 - 04 July 2022

Abstract Background: Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) is a congenital heart disease with a 0.3%−0.5% prevalence. Diagnosis is challenging due to nonspecific clinical presentation. Risk stratification and treatment are currently based on expert consensus and single-center case series. Methods: Demographical and clinical data of AAOCA patients from 17 tertiary-care centers were analyzed. Diagnostic imaging studies (Bidimensional echocardiography, coronary computed tomography angiography [CCTA] were collected. Clinical correlations with anomalous coronary course and origin were evaluated. Results: Data from 239 patients (42% males, mean age 15 y) affected by AAOCA were collected; 154 had AAOCA involving the… More > Graphic Abstract

Christoph Gräni, Dominik C. Benz, Mathias Possner, Olivier F. Clerc, Fran Mikulicic, Jan Vontobel, Julia Stehli, Tobias A. Fuchs, Aju P. Pazhenkottil, Oliver Gaemperli, Philipp A. Kaufmann, Ronny R. Buechel

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.1, pp. 49-57, 2017

Abstract Objective: To provide data on the value of fused cardiac hybrid imaging with coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PET-MPI) in patients with complex coronary artery anomalies (CCAA).
Design/setting: This is a retrospective, single-center study.
Patients: Seven consecutive patients with CCAA (mean 57 ± 7 y, 86% were male) who underwent clinically indicated hybrid CCTA/PET-MPI between 2005 and 2015 in our clinic were included. The findings from both modalities and fused cardiac hybrid imaging were evaluated in these patients.
Results: Out of the seven patients with CCAA, two patients had Bland–White–Garland anomaly, two… More >