title: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: collective review of surgical therapy.
abstract: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is an extremely rare but potentially fatal congenital coronary anomaly. Prompt surgical reestablishment of a two-coronary system on diagnosis yields excellent results and allows progressive and nearly total myocardial recovery. Follow-up of all patients is required to assess the adequacy of repair and to exclude ongoing or recurrent myocardial insult.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA. a.dodgekhatami@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dodge-Khatami
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mavroudis
authors.forename: Carl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Backer
mesh_terms: D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery