Alcapa Syndrome In An Asymptomatic Newborn With Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital heart disease in which left coronary artery leaves from the pulmonary artery. Patients are usually asymptomatic in neonatal period during the pulmonary artery pressure decreases up to a critical level. However, afterwards left ventricular failure and infarction were present. An asymptomatic newborn patient who was referred our clinic due to cardiac murmur was presented. Dilated cardiomyopathy and anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery were diagnosed with echocardiography and during the cardiac catheterization ALCAPA syndrome was confirmed.