Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery.

Ann Thorac Surg

Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.

Published: December 2001

Abnormal origin of the coronary artery in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is an extremely rare defect. We describe a newborn with concomitant hypoplastic left heart syndrome and abnormal origin of the left coronary artery arising from the right pulmonary artery. A Norwood procedure and direct reimplantation of the left coronary artery to the ascending aorta was performed.

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