Excellent Long-Term Outcomes of the Arterial Switch Operation in Patients With Intramural Coronary Arteries. 2016

Tyson A Fricke, and Anne Eva Bulstra, and Phillip S Naimo, and Andrew Bullock, and Terry Robertson, and Yves d'Udekem, and Christian P Brizard, and Igor E Konstantinov
Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

BACKGROUND Intramural coronary arteries may complicate coronary artery transfer during the arterial switch operation. We sought to determine the long-term outcomes of 28 patients with intramural coronary arteries who underwent an arterial switch operation at a single institution. METHODS All patients who had intramural coronary arteries and underwent an arterial switch operation were identified from the hospital database and retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS From 1983 to 2009, 720 patients underwent an arterial switch operation at our institution. Twenty-eight (3.9%, 28 of 720) had intramural coronary arteries. Patients with intramural coronary arteries had transposition of the great arteries (96%, n = 27) or Taussig-Bing anomaly (4%, n = 1). There were no deaths. Follow-up was 100% complete. Mean follow-up was 16.3 years (median, 15.5 years; range, 5.6 to 26.9 years). No patient required reoperation or catheter reintervention on the coronary arteries. Freedom from reoperation was 93% at 10 years. No patient had more than mild aortic regurgitation at last follow-up. Nine (32%, 9 of 28) patients had coronary angiograms at median 16 months (range, 14 months to 17 years) after arterial switch operation. All patients were asymptomatic at the time of angiogram. One patient had mild stenosis of the circumflex coronary artery demonstrated on a routine coronary angiogram 14 months postoperatively. All 28 patients were asymptomatic and in New York Heart Association functional class I at last follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Patients with intramural coronary arteries are not at increased risk of death or coronary reinterventions and have excellent late outcomes after the arterial switch operation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D003330 Coronary Vessel Anomalies Malformations of CORONARY VESSELS, either arteries or veins. Included are anomalous origins of coronary arteries; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CORONARY ANEURYSM; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; and others. Anomaly, Coronary Vessel,Coronary Vessel Anomaly
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000069278 Arterial Switch Operation Surgical procedure for anatomical correction of transposed great arteries (e.g., DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE). Arterial Switch Procedure,Arterial Switch Technique,Atrial Switch Operation,Atrial Switch Procedure,Atrial Switch Repair,Atrial Switch Technique,Double-Switch Operation,Double-Switch Procedure,Double-Switch Technique,Jatene Operation,Jatene Procedure,Jatene Technique,Mustard Operation,Mustard Procedure,Mustard Repair,Rastelli Operation,Rastelli Procedure,Rastelli Repair,Rastelli Technique,Senning Operation,Senning Procedure,Arterial Switch Operations,Arterial Switch Procedures,Arterial Switch Techniques,Atrial Switch Operations,Atrial Switch Procedures,Atrial Switch Repairs,Atrial Switch Techniques,Double Switch Operation,Double Switch Procedure,Double Switch Technique,Double-Switch Operations,Double-Switch Procedures,Double-Switch Techniques,Operation, Arterial Switch,Operation, Atrial Switch,Operation, Double-Switch,Operation, Jatene,Operation, Mustard,Operation, Rastelli,Operation, Senning,Operations, Arterial Switch,Operations, Atrial Switch,Operations, Double-Switch,Procedure, Arterial Switch,Procedure, Atrial Switch,Procedure, Double-Switch,Procedure, Jatene,Procedure, Mustard,Procedure, Rastelli,Procedure, Senning,Procedures, Arterial Switch,Procedures, Atrial Switch,Procedures, Double-Switch,Repair, Atrial Switch,Repair, Mustard,Repair, Rastelli,Repairs, Atrial Switch,Technique, Arterial Switch,Technique, Atrial Switch,Technique, Double-Switch,Technique, Jatene,Technique, Rastelli,Techniques, Arterial Switch,Techniques, Atrial Switch,Techniques, Double-Switch
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D014188 Transposition of Great Vessels A congenital cardiovascular malformation in which the AORTA arises entirely from the RIGHT VENTRICLE, and the PULMONARY ARTERY arises from the LEFT VENTRICLE. Consequently, the pulmonary and the systemic circulations are parallel and not sequential, so that the venous return from the peripheral circulation is re-circulated by the right ventricle via aorta to the systemic circulation without being oxygenated in the lungs. This is a potentially lethal form of heart disease in newborns and infants. Dextro-TGA,Dextrotransposition of Great Vessels,Levo-Looped Transposition of the Great Arteries,Levo-TGA,Levotransposition of Great Vessels,Dextro-Looped Transposition of the Great Arteries,Transposition of Great Arteries,Dextro Looped Transposition of the Great Arteries,Dextro TGA,Dextro-TGAs,Great Arteries Transposition,Great Arteries Transpositions,Great Vessels Dextrotransposition,Great Vessels Dextrotranspositions,Great Vessels Levotransposition,Great Vessels Levotranspositions,Great Vessels Transposition,Great Vessels Transpositions,Levo Looped Transposition of the Great Arteries,Levo TGA,Levo-TGAs

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