title: Repair of anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
abstract: Patients with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery often have mitral valve regurgitation. Although establishing dual coronary circulation is the procedure of choice, there remains controversy as to how the mitral valve is handled. Between April 1999 and August 2005, 8 patients underwent surgical correction at our institution. There were 4 males and 4 females, aged from 9 months to 13 years (mean, 6.4 years). Six patients underwent direct aortic reimplantation and 2 had a Takeuchi procedure. Simultaneous mitral annuloplasty was performed in 7 patients with moderate or severe mitral regurgitation. There were no deaths or postoperative complications. Follow-up ranged from 4 to 80 months (mean, 34 +/- 26 months). Left ventricular function improved significantly from a preoperative fractional shortening of 0.21 +/- 0.09 to 0.35 +/- 0.06. Mitral regurgitation decreased on follow-up in the 7 patients who had mitral annuloplasty. We recommend performing mitral annuloplasty at the time of operation in patients with moderate or severe mitral regurgitation and anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 167 Beilishi Road, Beijing 100037, China. ghwdr@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jiang-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yun-Hu
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xiang-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Shou-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Sheng-Shou
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012092:Replantation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome