Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-jn8rn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-27T06:16:37.706Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Aortopulmonary window and coronary anatomy – still a pre-operative diagnostic trouble!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2022

Francesca Cairello Open the ORCID record for Francesca Cairello [Opens in a new window] ,
Halkawt A. Nuri  and
Maurizio Marasini
Francesca Cairello*
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiology Service, Paediatric Unit, Cesare Arrigo Children’s Hospital, Alessandria, Italy
Halkawt A. Nuri
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac surgery, G. Gaslini Children’s Hospital, Genova, Italy
Maurizio Marasini
Affiliation:
Departments of Cardiology, G. Gaslini Children’s Hospital, Genova, Italy
*
Author for correspondence: F. Cairello, Paediatric Cardiology Service, Paediatric Unit, Cesare Arrigo Children’s Hospital, Alessandria, Italy. Tel: 3393292953. E-mail: francesca.cairello@ospedale.al.it
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

We present a case of aortopulmonary window in which the diagnosis of anomalous left coronary artery originating from pulmonary artery was made intra-operatively even if the coronary arteries anatomy was correctly studied pre-operatively with echocardiography. No evidence of coronary anomalies or indirect sings of coronary anomalies has been noted. Should we improve our pre-operative diagnostic accuracy and how?

Keywords

Coronary artery anomaliesaortopulmonary windowcoronary circulationnewborn abnormalitiesgestational diabetes
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 32 , Issue 12 , December 2022 , pp. 2027 - 2028
Check for updates
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Alakhfash, AA, Tagelden, M, Almesned, A, Alqwaiee, EA. Aortopulmonary window with anomalous right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Case report and literature review. Cardiol Young 2020; 30: 47–49. DOI 10.1017/S1047951119002543.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Léobon, B, Bret, ELe, Roussin, R, et al. Technical options for the treatment of anomalous origins of right or left coronary arteries associated with aortopulmonary windows. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 138: 777–778. DOI 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.013.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Talwar, S, Agarwal, P, S., K, Choudhary, etal. Aortopulmonary window: morphology, diagnosis, and long-term results. J Card Surg 2017; 32: 138–144. DOI 10.1111/jocs.12936.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Singh, J, Loona, M, Suryavanshi, A, Sahoo, M, Mahant, TS. Aortopulmonary window with anomalous coronary arteries. J Card Surg 2015; 30: 846–848. DOI 10.1111/jocs.12636.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Barnes, ME, Mitchell, ME, Tweddell, EJS. Aortopulmonary window. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2011; 14: 67–74. DOI 10.1053/j.pcsu.2011.01.017.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Alhadlaq, A, Dhillon, S, Hancock-Friesen, CL, Hussain, EA. A hidden culprit for ventricular dysfunction in aortopulmonary window repair: anomalous origin of left coronary artery. Case report and review of literature. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 152: e123–e126. DOI 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.07.055.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Doty, DB, Richardson, JV, Falkovsky, GE, Gordonova, MI, Burakovsky, EVI. Aortopulmonary septal defect: hemodynamics, angiography, and operation. Ann Thorac Surg 1981; 32: 244–250. DOI 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)61046-6.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Yu, F. Congenital anomalies of coronary arteries in complex congenital heart disease: diagnosis and analysis with dual-source CT. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2013; 7: 383–390. DOI 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.11.004.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed