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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:2114-2116. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.002
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A Child With Sickle Cell Disease and Anomalous Right Coronary Artery

Glenn Egrie, MD, Kristina Woodson, MD, Nelson Alphonso, FRCS, Tom R. Karl, MD*

Pediatric Heart Center, Children’s Hospital, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Accepted for publication July 2, 2007.

* Address correspondence to Dr Karl, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143-0117 (Email: karlt{at}surgery.ucsf.edu).

Sickle cell disease in children requiring open heart surgical repair is uncommon and requires specific perioperative interventions to avoid complications from intravascular red cell sickling. We present a rare case of a 14-year-old girl with sickle cell disease and an anomalous right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.






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