Separham and Aliakbarzadeh Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012, 6:12 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/6/1/12 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Received: 29 July 2011 Accepted: 16 January 2012 Published: 16 January 2012 References 1. Menahemm S, Venables AW: Anomalous left artery from the pulmonary artery: a 15 year sample. Br Heart J 1987, 58:78-84. 2. Angelini P, Velasco JA, Flamm S: Coronary anomalies: incidence, patholphysiology, and clinical relevance. Circulation 2002, 105:2449-2454. 3. Wollenek G, Domanig E, Salzer-Muhar U, Havel M, Wimmer M, Wolner E: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery: a review of surgical management in 13 patients. J Cardiovas Surg (Torino) 1993, 34:399-405. 4. Khanna A, Torgian DA, Ferrari VA, Bross RJ, Rose MA: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in adulthood CT and MRI. Am J Roentgenol 2005, 185:326-329. 5. Dodge-Khatami A, Mavroudis C, Backer CL: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: collective review of surgical therapy. Ann Thoracic Surg 2002, 74:946-955. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-6-12 Cite this article as: Separham and Aliakbarzadeh: Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery presenting with aborted sudden death in an octogenarian: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2012 6:12. Page 3 of 3 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints or color ﬁgure charges • Immediate publication on acceptance • Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar • Research which is freely available for redistribution Submit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit