The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 76, 130-134, Copyright © 1978 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Anomalous left coronary arter from pulmonary trunk. Long-term follow-up after ligation
S Shrivastava, AR Casteneda and JH Moller
Long-term follow-up (10 to 13 years) of four patients with anomalous left
coronary artery who underwent ligation of the anomalous left coronary
artery is presented. Two were operated upon in infancy and the other two at
6 and 7 years of age, respectively. Postoperatively, each is asymptomatic
and doing well clinically. The cardiac size on roentgenogram of the chest
returned toward normal in each. Abnormalities persist on the
electrocardiogram. On treadmill exercise, the electrocardiogram of the two
operated upon in infancy showed an abnormal result, whereas the two
patients operated upon later in childhood had no electrocardiographic
abnormalities.