Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Trunk: Transthoracic and Subsequent Intra-operative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Finding

  • Dr Kun Sun, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, China
  • Prof ShuBao Chen, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China
  • Dr YuQi Zhang, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China
  • Dr LiPing Yao, Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China

    • We describe an 11- years-old child with anomalous original of the right coronary artery (RCA) from the pulmonary artery. The diagnosis was esteblished by angiocardiography and the case was successfully reimplanted to aorta at surgery.Transthoracic and Subsequent Intra-operative Transesophageal Echocardiography were very usefull for delineating pre-oprative anatomic and hemodynamic appreance, evaluating immediate operation results and postoperative follow up.