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Surgical repair of naturally palliated anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Alessandro Giardini ,
Gaetano Gargiulo  and
Fernando M. Picchio
Alessandro Giardini
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Gaetano Gargiulo
Affiliation:
Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico S.Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Fernando M. Picchio
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Abstract

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary arteries is a rare and life-threatening defect, usually needing prompt surgical correction during infancy. We describe the case of a young asymptomatic patient with this defect who underwent surgical reimplantation despite the absence of signs of myocardial ischemia, due to the presence of proximal stenosis of the anomalous coronary artery.

Keywords

Coronary anomalymyocardial ischemiacoronary transferstenosis
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , September 2001 , pp. 568 - 570
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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