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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1396-1398
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case report

Anomalous origin of the pulmonary artery from the right coronary artery

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Accepted for publication November 13, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Wu, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100037, People’s Republic of China

A 5-year-old boy who had an anomalous origin of a stenotic pulmonary artery from the right coronary artery with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary atresia is reported. The diagnosis was made at operation. Successful repair was achieved for the complex anomaly by using a pulmonary artery homograft as a conduit and closing the ventricular septal defect.