Internal mammary artery bypass after the arterial switch operation.
Myocardial ischemia may ensure after coronary artery translocation during the arterial switch operation. We report the successful use of a right internal mammary artery to right coronary artery bypass graft in an infant with angiographic documentation of persistent graft patency 6 months postoperatively.
Rheuban
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
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Bulatovic
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D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*