TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF ANOMALOUS LEFT CORONARY-ARTERY FROM THE RIGHT AORTIC SINUS

Patients with anomalous left main coronary artery arising from the rig ht sinus of Valsalva and coursing posteriorly between the aorta and th e pulmonary artery are prone to sudden death. We present a patient wit h this entity in whom the diagnosis was made by transesophageal two-di mensional echocardiography and coronary angiography.