Case Report

Bland-White-Garland syndrome in an infant with dilated cardiomyopathy

  • Vedat Okutan
  • Yılmaz Yozgat
  • M. Koray Lenk
  • Hürkan Kurşaklıoğlu
  • Ertuğrul Özal
  • Birgül Varan
  • Kürşat Tokel
  • Sait Aşlamacı

Received Date: 06.06.2006 Accepted Date: 29.01.2007 Gulhane Med J 2007;49(3):187-190

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) accounts for 0.023% of all congenital heart defects and is seen in every 30.000 to 300.000 live births. We herein present our 11-month-old case diagnosed to have and operated for ALCAPA since ALCAPA is an important and treatable cause of dilated cardiomyopathy in infants.

Keywords: ALCAPA, Bland-White-Garland syndrome, dilated cardiomyopathy