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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;77:1457-1459
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Autologous patch angioplasty of the left main coronary artery in a pediatric patient: 7-year follow-up

Petros V. Anagnostopoulos, MDa, Frank A. Pigula, MDa, John L. Myers, MDa, Lee B. Beerman, MDb, Ralph D. Siewers, MDa, Sanjiv K. Gandhi, MDa*

a Divisions of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
b Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pennsylvania State Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

Accepted for publication April 9, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Gandhi, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
e-mail: sanjiv.gandhi{at}chp.edu

We present a patient who developed ischemia after an arterial switch procedure for transposition of the great vessels secondary to left coronary artery stenosis. The excellent intermediate-term result of patch angioplasty of the left main coronary artery with the use of an internal thoracic artery patch is outlined.




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