Journal article
Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Right Pulmonary Artery
Journal of cardiac surgery, Vol.24(1), pp.49-54
01/2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00622.x
PMID: 19120675
Abstract
Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery (LCA) from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly, one which requires a high index of suspicion in order to be diagnosed promptly and managed accurately. ALCAPA from the right branch pulmonary artery (RPA) is a small subset of ALCAPA in general, with only a few reported cases in the world literature. We report two cases of ALCAPA from the RPA: the first case, an infant, presented in severe cardiac failure requiring preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for stabilization; and the second, a neonate, presented with severe aortic coarctation (CoA). Both patients underwent successful complete surgical repair using a modified surgical technique, and are doing well in midterm follow-up. We describe our operative technique and review the literature of this rare congenital anomaly.
(J Card Surg 2009;24:49-54).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Right Pulmonary Artery
- Creators
- Ahmed Farouk - Case Western Reserve UniversityKenneth Zahka - Rainbow Babies & Children's HospitalErnest Siwik - Rainbow Babies & Children's HospitalAlex Golden - Rainbow Babies & Children's HospitalMohsen Karimi - Case Western Reserve UniversityMinhaz Uddin - Case Western Reserve UniversityHani A. Hennein - Case Western Reserve University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of cardiac surgery, Vol.24(1), pp.49-54
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00622.x
- PMID
- 19120675
- ISSN
- 0886-0440
- eISSN
- 1540-8191
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984557948902771
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