title: Reimplantation of anomalous right coronary artery from left main coronary artery: a surgical option.
abstract: Anomalous right coronary artery (ARCA) from left sinus of Valsalva could present in several forms either being intramural or extramural, and most occurring with separate ostium from left coronary system. ARCA originating from the left main coronary artery (LMCA) is very rare and treatments proposed for this type of anomaly are pulmonary artery translocation or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) of the right coronary system. There has not been any report in the literature of successful reimplantation of ARCA from LMCA, to the best of our knowledge, as another surgical option for this anomaly. We are reporting a case of successful surgical reimplantation of an ARCA from LMCA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children's Heart Center at Medical College of Georgia, 1446 Harper Street, BP-3107, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murdison
authors.forename: Wesley
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Blackwood
authors.forename: Wesley
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012092:Replantation; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome