Arterial switch operation: successful bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting.
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.
Nair
K K
KK
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Chan
K C
KC
Hickey
M S
MS
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods