title: Emergency ligation of anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery.
abstract: We report two cases of successful emergency ligation of anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) in patients with previous cardiac arrest. Both patients had regained marginal cardiac output after cardiopulmonary resuscitation and had maximal doses of inotropic support. The ALCAPA ligation was then performed as a life-saving procedure in the absence of any kind of mechanical circulatory support.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ricardo Gutierrez Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kreutzer
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Schlichter
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Kreutzer
mesh_terms: D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008026:Ligation; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*