Coronary artery anatomy in corrected transposition of the great arteries. 1988

R P Dabizzi, and G A Barletta, and G Caprioli, and G Baldrighi, and V Baldrighi
Cattedra di Malattie dell' Apparato Cardiovascolare, University of Florence, Italy.

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is an unusual cardiac malformation with discordant atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial alignments. Because knowledge of the coronary artery anatomy is a prerequisite for successful repair of this cardiac anomaly, selective coronary arteriography was performed in 13 children (4 male and 9 female; age range 18 months to 16 years) and 1 adult (aged 59 years) with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries and associated intracardiac defects. The typical coronary distribution of corrected transposition (that is, coronary artery-ventricular concordance) was found in 11 patients. In one patient, a single coronary ostium was observed; the right sinus of Valsalva gave rise to a short common branch that divided into three arteries: a left circumflex artery going to the right, a well developed left anterior descending artery running into the anterior interventricular groove and a third vessel that continued on the normal course of the right coronary artery directed posteriorly. In one patient, the left circumflex artery was particularly small. In another patient, with severe hypoplasia of the left anterior descending coronary artery, the anterior ventricular wall of the heart was supplied by three small branches that ended a short distance from their origins. The adult patient had a large anterior ventricular branch arising from the morphologic left coronary ventricular as well as a large acute marginal branch, with a wide distribution, from the morphologic right coronary artery. Presurgical coronary angiographic documentation is helpful because, in congenitally corrected transposition as well as in complex congenital heart disease, coronary anomalies (in origin, course and distribution) are occasionally present and knowledge of their presence can help determine the most appropriate surgical approach.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003331 Coronary Vessels The veins and arteries of the HEART. Coronary Arteries,Sinus Node Artery,Coronary Veins,Arteries, Coronary,Arteries, Sinus Node,Artery, Coronary,Artery, Sinus Node,Coronary Artery,Coronary Vein,Coronary Vessel,Sinus Node Arteries,Vein, Coronary,Veins, Coronary,Vessel, Coronary,Vessels, Coronary
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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
D017023 Coronary Angiography Radiography of the vascular system of the heart muscle after injection of a contrast medium. Angiography, Coronary,Angiographies, Coronary,Coronary Angiographies

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