title: Repair of anomalous origin of right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
abstract: Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare cardiac malformation. Between July 2002 and July 2005, we operated on 4 patients with this defect. There were 2 males and 2 females, aged from 18 months to 42 years. Three patients underwent direct re-implantation of the right coronary artery into the aorta, and one had an intrapulmonary tunnel repair (intrapulmonary artery baffle with an autologous pericardial patch for tunneling to the anomalous right coronary ostium). Cardiopulmonary bypass was used in 2 patients, and an off-pump technique in the other 2. One patient had an atrial septal defect that was closed with an Amplatzer septal occluder through the right atrium under transesophageal echocardiography, without cardiopulmonary bypass. All patients survived and recovered uneventfully. Follow-up ranged from 3 to 39 months (mean, 17 months). All patients were doing well and free from symptoms, with normal exercise tolerance. Surgical correction of anomalous right coronary artery shows good early and midterm results.
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: Jian-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yun-Hu
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Han-Song
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiang-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Sheng-Shou
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012092:Replantation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures