ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF LEFT CORONARY FROM RIGHT PULMONARY-ARTERY IN HYPOPLASTIC LEFT-HEART SYNDROME

Authors
SARRIS GE DRUMMONDWEBB JJ EBEID MR LATSON LA MEE RBB
Citation
Ge. Sarris et al., ANOMALOUS ORIGIN OF LEFT CORONARY FROM RIGHT PULMONARY-ARTERY IN HYPOPLASTIC LEFT-HEART SYNDROME, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 64(3), 1997, pp. 836-838
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
64
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
836 - 838
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1997)64:3<836:AOOLCF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
An infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome presented for surgical repair at 9 months of age, the ductus having remained open the presenc e of a restrictive atrial septal defect. In addition, an anomalous lef t coronary artery originating from the right pulmonary artery was foun d. After preliminary blade/balloon atrial septostomy, a successful mod ified Norwood procedure with concomitant reimplantation of the anomalo us coronary artery was performed.