[Modified Takeuchi in adults]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1996 Feb;49(2):149-52.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery is a rare congenital anomaly (0.25-0.46%). Mortality is high in the first months (65%). Paradoxically, some patients reach adulthood because of a net made of collaterals from the right coronary artery. Thus, we classify the entity in two ways of clinical onset: childhood and adulthood. Ideally, the best surgical approach is the arrangement of a double coronary system. The most well-known technique is the one described by Takeuchi, that links the aorta and the left coronary artery by a tunnel through the pulmonary artery, made from a pulmonary artery frontal wall flap (closing the defect with a pericardial patch). We present a case of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery in an adult, treated in our institution using a modified Takeuchi technique.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods