SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF THE BLAND-WHITE-GARLAND SYNDROME IN EARLY INFANCY - SUBCLAVIAN TO CORONARY-ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS VIA LEFT ANTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY EXTENDED BY A TRANSVERSE STERNOTOMY

Authors
SCHMITZ C WELZ A BRANGENBERG R KOZLIKFELDMANN R NETZ H REICHART B
Citation
C. Schmitz et al., SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF THE BLAND-WHITE-GARLAND SYNDROME IN EARLY INFANCY - SUBCLAVIAN TO CORONARY-ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS VIA LEFT ANTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY EXTENDED BY A TRANSVERSE STERNOTOMY, The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, 45(6), 1997, pp. 315-317
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon → ACNP
ISSN journal
01716425
Volume
45
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
315 - 317
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-6425(1997)45:6<315:SOTBSI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The case of a 6-week-old girl with left coronary artery originating fr om the pulmonary artery (Bland-White-Garland syndrome) is reported. Th erapy consisted of a subclavian - coronary artery anastomosis via left anterolateral thoracotomy extended by transverse sternotomy. This app roach allowed both the easy dissection of the left subclavian artery a nd the use of extracorporeal circulation while doing the anastomosis. Operation and postoperative course were uneventful. Angiography after one year revealed a patent anastomosis and a totally recovered left-ve ntricular function.