The Left Common Carotid Artery Rises from the Main Pulmonary Artery

Vu Tuan Nguyen*

Received: June 22, 2019;   Published: June 27, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/ACR.2018.01.000134

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Abstract

A young female patient of 15y.o presented at my hospital by dyspnea on effort and palpitation for one year. Mental deficiency was notified. Physical examination detected a 3/6 continuous murmur at the 2ndRICS. In the past history, PDA had been suspected by her physician, associated with recurrent bronchitis. Trans-thoracic Echocardiography showed an enlarged LV of 57mm with normal EF of 69% , LCA=5mm, RCA=3.5mm at origin, no suspected sign of PDA was seen. Only a continuous flow was visualized in the PA. CT-Angiography with IV contrast medium showed the Left Common Carotid Artery rising from the Pulmonary Artery trunk. PDA was not presented. The Left Common Carotid Artery then was re-implanted into the aortic arch normally with a favorable postoperative progress.

Keywords: Carotid Artery; Pulmonary Artery; Anomalous origin

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