title: Arterial switch operation: successful bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting.
abstract: Internal thoracic artery grafting in arterial switch operations for transposition of great arteries has been reported for salvage of myocardial ischemia after initial coronary transfer. We report a situation where we opted for primary coronary bypass grafting to avoid an obviously difficult coronary transfer, with successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hickey
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods