title: Arterial switch operation: myocardial ischemia reversed by internal mammary artery graft.
abstract: We report a case in which an internal mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending coronary artery was successfully used in a newborn boy to reverse life-threatening myocardial ischemia 24 hours after arterial switch operation. One year later, angiography showed patency of both the graft and the transposed coronary ostium with normal left ventricular function. A brief review of the literature shows encouraging results of internal mammary artery grafts in pediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merlo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brunelli
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Annecchino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crupi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ziolkowska
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D014654:Vascular Patency; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left