ALCAPA in Elderly: A Case Report

Abstract

The left coronary artery normally arises from the aorta. ALCAPA (Anomalous origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery) is a rare congenital condition of the heart in which the left coronary artery abnormally originates from the pulmonary artery. Consequently, the heart muscles are devoid of enough oxygen and begin to die off. The condition, therefore, presents typically in the early infancy. However, in our clinical practice we came across a case of ALCAPA in a 76 year old female who presented to the clinic with atypical chest pain for 3 months.