title: "Spiral-cuff" technique for repair of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
abstract: We describe a new technique for coronary transfer in the repair of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. The left coronary artery is elongated with the native pulmonary artery wall to form a spiral-shaped coronary cuff to construct an unstretched new left coronary artery system from the ascending aorta. A postoperative angiographic scan showed good flow of the left coronary artery without any kinking or narrowing. This technique is considered useful when an anomalous coronary artery arises a long way from the ascending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. kado.h@fukuoka-child.jp
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kado
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hinokiyama
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shiose
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kajimoto
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow