• Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, 300051, P.R.China;
LI Peijun, Email: peijunli66@163.com
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Anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital heart disease which can induce heart failure in the early period and finally results in death. Surgery is the only way to correct the malformation. Surgical advances and heart assist devices such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) widespreadly used recently achieve good clinical outcome. However, there exists a dispute about the indications and pattern of operation. The outcome of long-term follow-up is not good. This article reviewed the researches about ALCAPA in terms of operative pattern, the operative pattern and long-term complications.

Citation: QI Yujuan, LI Peijun. Advancement of surgical therapy for anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017, 24(3): 239-242. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201603033 Copy

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