title: Anomalous left coronary artery from nonfacing pulmonary sinus: direct aortic reimplantation.
abstract: We report a new technique of establishing a direct coronary transfer for anomalous left coronary artery arising from the nonfacing sinus of the pulmonary artery. This easily reproducible technique was successfully used in 2 patients. It achieves a dual coronary repair without the use of complex aortic or pulmonary arterial flaps and without causing any distortion to the great vessels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Gopalraj S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sunil
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India. Electronic address: drbrijeshpk00@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Brijesh P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Kottayil
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Balu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vaidyanathan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kappanayil
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Rakhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balachandran
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Suresh G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Raman Krishna
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012092:Replantation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods