Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2009

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This article has been peer reviewed. The article will be available for full text download on April 2010. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 4, April 2009, Pages 1292-1295. The published version is available at . DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.099 Copyright © Elsevier Inc.

Abstract

Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery found in a symptomatic 9-year-old boy was initially treated with coronary artery bypass grafting using a left internal mammary artery anastomoses to the left anterior descending coronary artery, but resulted in coronary ischemia, likely from a steal phenomenon. Subsequent transection of the proximal left internal mammary artery with anastomosis to the ascending aorta, and coronary ostial enlargement, resulted in a durable treatment. We recommend caution in choosing coronary artery bypass grafting using a left internal mammary artery pedicle graft for the treatment of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery.

PubMed ID

19324180

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