Cardiology in the Young

Table of Contents - 2001 - Volume 11, Issue 05  


Brief Report

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

Alessandro Giardini a1, Gaetano Gargiulo a2 and Fernando M. Picchio a1c1
a1 Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
a2 Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico S.Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Article author query
giardini a   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
gargiulo g   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
picchio fm   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 

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.

(Published Online August 15 2006)
(Accepted April 27 2001)


Key Words: Coronary anomaly; myocardial ischemia; coronary transfer; stenosis.

Correspondence:
c1 Correspondence to: Fernando M. Picchio, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Bologna, Policlinico S.Orsola, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. Tel: +39 51 6364479; Fax: +39 51 344859; E-mail: alessandro5574@iol.it

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