title: Rescue circumflex artery stenting for major right ventricular dysfunction after Ross-Konno operation.
abstract: A single coronary artery is an anomaly in which only 1 coronary artery arises from the aortic root, supplying the entire heart. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl in whom a single coronary artery ostium was discovered during a Ross-Konno operation. This patient required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postoperative right ventricular infarction due to proximal stenosis of a dominant left circumflex artery in combination with an occluded minor right coronary artery. Rescue stent implantation allowed for recovery of right ventricular function and weaning from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva University School of Medicine, 4 rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, Geneva, Switzerland. patrick.myers@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Patrick O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Yacine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aggoun
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cikirikcioglu
authors.forename: Afksendiyos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalangos
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*