CLASSIFICATION OF ORIGIN AND PROXIMAL EPICARDIAL COURSE OF CORONARY-ARTERIES IN TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT-ARTERIES

The complexity of the variability in aortic origin and epicardial. cou rse of the coronary arteries relative to the pedicles of the great art eries in hearts with transposition of the great arteries is evident in that there is no simple classification to include all the possible va riations of the coronary artery patterns. Therefore, a simplified and yet all-inclusive classification is proposed in which the origin of th e coronary arteries is defined as seen by an observer looking from the pulmonary artery toward the aorta This promote and classification sho uld expedite and promote the international exchange of data regarding coronary artery anatomy in transposition of the great arteries and sho uld assist in the surgical management of this condition.