Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery: successful surgical treatment in a neonate

Matej Nosál'; Ikenna Chima Omeje; Rudolf Poruban

doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.06.009

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery: successful surgical treatment in a neonate

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Sep;28(3):497-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.06.009.

Authors

Matej Nosál'¹, Ikenna Chima Omeje, Rudolf Poruban

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Heart Centre Slovak Republic, Limbova 1, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. nosal@dkch.sk

PMID: 16054831
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.06.009

Abstract

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery in association with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly. We describe a successful simultaneous surgery for both anomalies during the first stage palliation in a neonate.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
Echocardiography
Humans
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / complications*
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / diagnosis
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / surgery
Infant, Newborn