Thermal coronary angiography for intraoperative testing of coronary patency in congenital heart defects.
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.
van Son
J A
JA
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Germany.
Falk
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V
Walther
T
T
Diegeler
A
A
Mohr
F W
FW
D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007432:Intraoperative Period