[Ligation of the left coronary artery ostium in its origin from the pulmonary trunk]

Operation was performed on 8 patients whose left coronary artery arose from the pulmonary artery; one of the patients was operated on twice. Three patients had been operated on twice before 1972, the operation in all of them consisted in talcum suspension insufflation into the pericardium. The results of these operations were poor. Operation for ligation of the orifice of the left coronary artery was conducted on 6 patients (including one with the ineffective talcum suspension insufflation into the pericardium). All patients who were operated on at the age of over one year survived. In children of the first year of life with a low ejection fraction and absence of expulsion on the level of the pulmonary artery the results of surgery were poor.