Thermal coronary angiography for intraoperative testing of coronary patency in congenital heart defects

Ann Thorac Surg. 1997 Nov;64(5):1499-500. doi: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00947-8.

Abstract

Intraoperative thermal coronary angiography was successfully applied in 9 patients who underwent operative correction of congenital heart defects: arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries (n = 5), Ross operation for valvar aortic stenosis with regurgitation (n = 3), and aortic implantation of the left coronary artery for anomalous connection of the left coronary artery to the pulmonary artery (n = 1). Intraoperative thermal coronary angiography allows early detection and surgical correction of coronary ostial obstruction.

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography / methods*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intraoperative Period