Coronary anomalies in Pakistani children with tetralogy of Fallot.

Objective: To determine coronary artery anomalies in tetralogy of Fallot in Pakistani children as seen on angiography. Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration of Study: The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan from July 2006 to July 2007. Methodology: Children under 15 years of age with echocardiographic diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot were included in the study. All patients had pre-operative cardiac catheterization and angiography. Coronary arteries were studied with a nonselective aortic root angiogram in standard cranially tilted left anterior oblique view. The frequency of a normal and an anomalous coronary was determined. Results: Of the 83 patients, 78% were male and had a mean age of 8.9 years. Their mean weight was 14.3 kilograms. Seventy six (91.6%) had a normal coronary anatomy while 7 (8.4%) patients had anomalous coronary arteries. Among the patients with coronary anomalies, the commonest was a single origin coronary artery in 04 (57.14%) cases. Three (42.86%) had an anomalous origin of left anterior descending artery from the right coronary artery. Conclusion: Coronary artery anomalies were detected in 8.4% of the cases with tetralogy of Fallot. Single origin coronary artery anomaly was the commonest anomaly.