Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
Volume 58, Issue 1, Pages 145-152Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa021
Keywords
Transposition of the great arteries; Coronary anomalies; Intramural coronary artery; Arterial switch operation; Coronary complications
Funding
- Internal Institutional Grant (Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital, Research Institute) [2017/III/30-GW]
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OBJECTIVES: Coronary complications are still the main reason for early mortality after an arterial switch operation. The high incidence of coronary anomalies in patients with transposition of the great arteries may increase the difficulty of coronary transfer, and among them, an intramural pattern was shown to be an independent risk factor of early mortality. However, recently published studies have reported that this rare coronary variant has no impact on the survival rate. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of intramural coronary patterns in patients with transposition and the impact on overall mortality after an arterial switch operation. Additionally, we presented all coronary arrangements associated with intramural patterns in our cohort and the surgical techniques used to manage them successfully. METHODS: All arterial switch operations were retrospectively reviewed. In each case, the surgical reports contained detailed graphical representations and coronary anatomy patterns. All operatively confirmed intramural patterns were included in the analysis. RESULTS: Among 806 patients, 271 patients had coronary anomalies (33.62%), and 28 patients had an intramural pattern (3.47%), which was frequently associated with other complex coronary anomalies (P < 0.001). Overall survival was significantly higher in patients with intramural coronary artery patterns than in those with other coronary variants (21.34% vs 8.74%, P = 0.024, log-rank test). CONCLUSIONS: Intramural patterns associated with transposition remain a surgical challenge and increase overall mortality in our cohort. To reliably confirm or reject the significance of the observed impact of this rare coronary variant, a multicentre data analysis is required.
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