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Congenitally abnormal aortic valve causing coronary obstruction and cardiac arrest in infancy
The Annals of thoracic surgery
  • Mubeena Abdulkarim, Advocate Aurora Health
  • Julia Weld, Advocate Aurora Health
  • William Cohen
  • Pamela Combs
  • Dhaval Patel, Advocate Aurora Health
  • Chawki El-Zein, Advocate Aurora Health
  • Michel Ilbawi, Advocate Aurora Health
  • Luca Vricella, Advocate Aurora Health
  • Narutoshi Hibino, Advocate Aurora Health
Affiliations

Advocate Children's Heart Institute, Advocate Children's Hospital

Publication Date
10-15-2020
Abstract

Many instances of coronary artery anomalies are documented in the literature; however, the detection and treatment of an asymmetric, large aortic cusp causing obstruction of a coronary ostium in a symptomatic infant remains unreported. We present a case of a two-month-old infant with an enlarged right coronary cusp obstructing the left coronary ostium, requiring emergent repair by relocating the left coronary button and reconstructing the sinus of Valsalva with autologous pericardium. This procedure preserved native aortic valve function, and the child remains asymptomatic months after discharge.

Document Type
Article
PubMed ID
33069680
Citation Information

Abdulkarim M, Weld J, Cohen W, et al. Congenitally Abnormal Aortic Valve Causing Coronary Obstruction and Cardiac Arrest in Infancy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021;111(5):e339-e341. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.07.070