Pulmonary artery translocation: a surgical option for complex anomalous coronary artery anatomy.
Rather than perform a difficult and potentially high risk coronary reimplantation in a patient with an aberrant right coronary artery coursing between the aorta and pulmonary artery, the main pulmonary artery was translocated toward the left pulmonary hilum to create additional space between the aortic and pulmonic trunks.
Rodefeld
M D
MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital Oakland, California 94609, USA. rodefeld@iupui.edu
Culbertson
C B
CB
Rosenfeld
H M
HM
Hanley
F L
FL
Thompson
L D
LD
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002648:Child; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*