Ross procedure for congenital aortic insufficiency and an associated right intramural coronary artery

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Feb;53(2):114-6. doi: 10.1007/s11748-005-0013-y.

Abstract

A 7-year-old boy diagnosed with aortic insufficiency was treated with a Ross procedure and he had an associated right intramural coronary artery. Although preoperative angiocardiography showed that the right and left coronary artery orifices were close together, a right intramural coronary artery could not be diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography. Intraoperative findings showed that the right coronary artery was intramural for a distance of 7 mm. As a result, a longer single coronary button was harvested and transplanted to the pulmonary autograft. The postoperative course was uneventful; coronary ischemia did not occur and aortic valve function was preserved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / congenital*
  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male