title: Thermal coronary angiography for intraoperative testing of coronary patency in congenital heart defects.
abstract: Intraoperative thermal coronary angiography was successfully applied in 9 patients who underwent operative correction of congenital heart defects: arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries (n = 5), Ross operation for valvar aortic stenosis with regurgitation (n = 3), and aortic implantation of the left coronary artery for anomalous connection of the left coronary artery to the pulmonary artery (n = 1). Intraoperative thermal coronary angiography allows early detection and surgical correction of coronary ostial obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Son
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diegeler
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007432:Intraoperative Period