The use of "aortic plication" for coronary malperfusions in the arterial switch operation
Rıza Türköz1, Mehmet Çelik1, Eda Palaoğlu2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hisar Intercontinental Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 6, 2014
Abstract:
During an arterial switch operation, reimplantation of the transferred coronary artery is required for malperfusion. However, this reimplantation increases the mortality risk. We describe here a simple technique in patients with malperfusion of the coronary arteries during the arterial switch operation. The surgical technique consists of an aortic plication on the opposite side of the kinking coronary artery.
