TY - JOUR
T1 - Aortopulmonary window and anomalous coronary artery
T2 - An exceptional association
AU - Pace Napoleone, Carlo
AU - Oppido, Guido
AU - Angeli, Emanuela
AU - Turci, Simone
AU - Gargiulo, Gaetano
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Aortopulmonary window is rarely associated with other cardiac anomalies, such as anomalous origin of one coronary artery. This exceptional association has been reported in 15 patients, with different surgical solutions. We describe 2 patients with aortopulmonary window with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery, one of which presented with tetralogy of Fallot-pulmonary atresia. A neonatal modified Blalock-Taussig shunt and ligature of the distal pulmonary artery at the level of pulmonary bifurcation was performed in the first patient, and the second patient underwent aortopulmonary window division with anomalous coronary artery reimplantation. Both patients had an uneventful postoperative course.
AB - Aortopulmonary window is rarely associated with other cardiac anomalies, such as anomalous origin of one coronary artery. This exceptional association has been reported in 15 patients, with different surgical solutions. We describe 2 patients with aortopulmonary window with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery, one of which presented with tetralogy of Fallot-pulmonary atresia. A neonatal modified Blalock-Taussig shunt and ligature of the distal pulmonary artery at the level of pulmonary bifurcation was performed in the first patient, and the second patient underwent aortopulmonary window division with anomalous coronary artery reimplantation. Both patients had an uneventful postoperative course.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79953090781&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.09.028
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.09.028
M3 - Article
C2 - 21440161
AN - SCOPUS:79953090781
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 91
SP - 1272
EP - 1274
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 4
ER -
