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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;28:497-498
© 2005 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery: successful surgical treatment in a neonate

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Heart Centre Slovak Republic, Limbova 1, 833 40 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Received 17 March 2005; received in revised form 31 May 2005; accepted 13 June 2005.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +421 2 59371 327; fax: +421 2 5477 57 66. (Email: nosal{at}dkch.sk).

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery in association with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly. We describe a successful simultaneous surgery for both anomalies during the first stage palliation in a neonate.

Key Words: Congenital heart disease • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome • Coronary artery anomaly