[Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonar artery: a sudden death in the young].
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Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA or Bland-White-Garland Syndrome) is a rare congenital heart abnormality with a high mortality in the first year of life. It's manifestation in adulthood is even rarer and it may be an important cause of sudden cardiac death. We report a case of a young female who survived from a cardiac arrest, with overweight and an asymptomatic cardiac murmur without any structural abnormality, having been diagnosed ALCAPA syndrome that was subsequently surgically corrected.