Coronary anomalies in Pakistani children with tetralogy of Fallot. 2010

Ijaz Hussain, and Najma Patel, and Abdul Ghaffar, and Asadullah Kundi
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi. ijazpaeds@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE To determine coronary artery anomalies in tetralogy of Fallot in Pakistani children as seen on angiography. METHODS Case series. METHODS The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan from July 2006 to July 2007. METHODS Children under 15 years of age with echocardiographic diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot were included in the study. All patients had pre-operative cardiac catheterization and angiography. Coronary arteries were studied with a nonselective aortic root angiogram in standard cranially tilted left anterior oblique view. The frequency of a normal and an anomalous coronary was determined. RESULTS Of the 83 patients, 78% were male and had a mean age of 8.9 years. Their mean weight was 14.3 kilograms. Seventy six (91.6%) had a normal coronary anatomy while 7 (8.4%) patients had anomalous coronary arteries. Among the patients with coronary anomalies, the commonest was a single origin coronary artery in 04 (57.14%) cases. Three (42.86%) had an anomalous origin of left anterior descending artery from the right coronary artery. CONCLUSIONS Coronary artery anomalies were detected in 8.4% of the cases with tetralogy of Fallot. Single origin coronary artery anomaly was the commonest anomaly.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010154 Pakistan A country located in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north. The capital is Islamabad. Islamic Republic of Pakistan
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003330 Coronary Vessel Anomalies Malformations of CORONARY VESSELS, either arteries or veins. Included are anomalous origins of coronary arteries; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CORONARY ANEURYSM; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; and others. Anomaly, Coronary Vessel,Coronary Vessel Anomaly
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D013771 Tetralogy of Fallot A combination of congenital heart defects consisting of four key features including VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS; PULMONARY STENOSIS; RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY; and a dextro-positioned AORTA. In this condition, blood from both ventricles (oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor) is pumped into the body often causing CYANOSIS. Fallot's Tetralogy,Tetralogy, Fallot's,Fallot Tetralogy,Fallots Tetralogy,Tetralogy, Fallot,Tetralogy, Fallots
D015897 Comorbidity The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study. Comorbidity may affect the ability of affected individuals to function and also their survival; it may be used as a prognostic indicator for length of hospital stay, cost factors, and outcome or survival.

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