title: A new strategy to identify potentially dangerous coronary arterial patterns before percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation.
abstract: Despite advances in surgical techniques, right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) conduits are prone to fail over time. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation was introduced to expand the lifetime of these conduits and to decrease the number of open heart operations during a patient's lifetime. The procedure can be performed with excellent results; however, serious complications such as coronary arterial compression and conduit rupture have been reported. We present percutaneous treatment of a patient after Ross-Konno operation with RVOT conduit dysfunction and a potentially problematic course of the left anterior descending artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Góreczny
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eicken
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ewert
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Gareth John
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Sohrab
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fratz
keywords: coronary compression; percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation