Cardiac stress MRI evaluation of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery. (24th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Noel, Cory
• Is Part Of: Congenital heart disease. Volume 12:Number 5(2017)
• Page Start: 627
• Page End: 629
• Publication Date: 2017-07-24
• Subjects: anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery -- coronary anomalies -- myocardial perfusion -- stress MRI -- sudden cardiac death; Congenital heart disease -- Periodicals; 616.1204305
• DOI: 10.1111/chd.12501
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1747-079X

Abstract

Abstract: Myocardial ischemia is an insult that is primarily thought of in an adult population. However, there are several congenital and acquired cardiac lesions that may lead to myocardial ischemia in a pediatric population. One of the prominent congenital lesions is anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA). Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery is one of the leading causes sudden cardiac death in pediatric and young adult patients, and thus the assessment of myocardial perfusion is of the utmost importance. Over the past decade, pharmacologic stress MRI has proven to be a highly sensitive and accurate diagnostic examination for qualifying myocardial perfusion in adults with coronary artery disease. This noninvasive imaging modality may be a useful tool in assessing the function impact of AAOCA on myocardial perfusion.