Surgical Treatment of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery in an Infant with Severe Ventricular Dysfunction

Abstract

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare disease that may result in occasionally even death during the early infant. We present a successfully treated case of an 8-month-old boy with concomitant severe left ventricular dysfunction. Treatment consisted of simple patch closure to the left coronary artery from inside the pulmonary artery to avoid long duration of cardiopulmonary bypass.