Surgical correction of anomalous left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery is achieved by either direct implantation of the left coronary artery into the aorta or creation of a conduit between the two. We modified a technique originally described by Tashiro for the main pulmonary artery, by using a circumferential section of right pulmonary artery wall to create a conduit with a side-to-side anastomosis onto the aorta.

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