Arterial switch operation with a single coronary artery: the autograft concept
Loïc Macé1, Fabrice Vanhuyse, Jean-Marc Jellimann
1Department of Cardiovascular and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Nancy Hospital, Henri Poincaré University, Nancy, France. l.mace@chu-nancy.fr
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 26, 2009
Abstract:
A single coronary artery, especially if associated with anterior looping, remains a risk factor when performing an arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. In such a situation, to avoid the risk of overstretching, we used a modification of the aortic autograft concept to transfer the single coronary artery, resulting in a tension-free relocation.


