title: Acquired and Congenital Coronary Artery Diseases.
abstract: The objectives of this review are to discuss the spectrum of coronary artery anomalies and the evidence behind current treatment strategies.
  
  
  
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  Coronary artery anomalies exist in up to 1% of the population and most of these do not cause symptoms or ischemia and do not require any surgical intervention whereas others are potentially fatal. The type of surgical intervention is often dictated by the type of lesion, and upon the unique anatomic and physiologic variables associated with each lesion. Postoperative care can be challenging particularly after surgical repair of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 2Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ravishankar
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans