Left main coronary artery occlusion in an asymptomatic patient: late complication after arterial switch operation

Ricardo Quarrie; Gary S Kopf; Sabet Hashim

doi:10.1111/jocs.12785

Left main coronary artery occlusion in an asymptomatic patient: late complication after arterial switch operation

J Card Surg. 2016 Sep;31(9):599-600. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12785. Epub 2016 Jul 6.

Authors

Ricardo Quarrie¹, Gary S Kopf¹, Sabet Hashim¹

Affiliation

¹ Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut.

PMID: 27381672
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12785

Abstract

Long-term complications of the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries include coronary artery stenosis and occlusion. We present a patient with high-grade left main coronary artery stenosis 18 years following the arterial switch procedure who was successfully treated with a left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending artery bypass.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
Coronary Stenosis / etiology*
Coronary Stenosis / surgery*
Humans
Male
Myocardial Revascularization
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Time Factors
Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*