Rescue circumflex artery stenting for major right ventricular dysfunction after Ross-Konno operation

Heart Surg Forum. 2009 Aug;12(4):E208-10. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20091052.

Abstract

A single coronary artery is an anomaly in which only 1 coronary artery arises from the aortic root, supplying the entire heart. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl in whom a single coronary artery ostium was discovered during a Ross-Konno operation. This patient required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postoperative right ventricular infarction due to proximal stenosis of a dominant left circumflex artery in combination with an occluded minor right coronary artery. Rescue stent implantation allowed for recovery of right ventricular function and weaning from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / surgery*