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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 8, 74-78, Copyright © 1994 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Arterial switch operation: a new technique of coronary transfer

PR Vouhe, A Haydar, R Ouaknine, SB Albanese, P Mauriat, P Pouard, D Tamisier and F Leca
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Laennec Hospital, Paris, France.

A successful outcome after arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA) depends in large part on the adequacy of transfer of the coronary arteries to the neoaorta. The present paper describes a new technique of coronary transfer which was used in 43 patients: 28 neonates with TGA and intact septum (with coarctation in one), 10 neonates with TGA and ventricular septal defect (with coarctation in one), 2 children undergoing ASO after failed Senning operation and 3 patients with complex TGA. A standardized uniform technique of coronary transfer was used; this technique involved reimplantation of the two coronary ostia side by side after excision of a single button of neoaortic wall. Most coronary patterns were encountered: the usual pattern in 30, circumflex from right coronary artery in 7, inverted coronary arteries in 3, inverted circumflex and right coronary arteries in 3. There was no early coronary-related mortality or morbidity. One late death (3 months) was probably coronary-related. The overall coronary risk was 2.3% (70% confidence limits = 0.3%-7.5%). The proposed technique of coronary transfer can be used in most patients with TGA (all patients without coronary arteries running between the great arteries) and entails a low coronary risk.

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