Cory Noel1,2
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.5, pp. 627-629, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12501
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… More >
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