• Tyson A Fricke, Anne Eva Bulstra, Phillip S Naimo, Andrew Bullock, Terry Robertson, Yves d'Udekem, Christian P Brizard, and Igor E Konstantinov.
• Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
• Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2016 Feb 1; 101 (2): 725-9.

BackgroundIntramural coronary arteries may complicate coronary artery transfer during the arterial switch operation. We sought to determine the long-term outcomes of 28 patients with intramural coronary arteries who underwent an arterial switch operation at a single institution.MethodsAll patients who had intramural coronary arteries and underwent an arterial switch operation were identified from the hospital database and retrospectively reviewed.ResultsFrom 1983 to 2009, 720 patients underwent an arterial switch operation at our institution. Twenty-eight (3.9%, 28 of 720) had intramural coronary arteries. Patients with intramural coronary arteries had transposition of the great arteries (96%, n = 27) or Taussig-Bing anomaly (4%, n = 1). There were no deaths. Follow-up was 100% complete. Mean follow-up was 16.3 years (median, 15.5 years; range, 5.6 to 26.9 years). No patient required reoperation or catheter reintervention on the coronary arteries. Freedom from reoperation was 93% at 10 years. No patient had more than mild aortic regurgitation at last follow-up. Nine (32%, 9 of 28) patients had coronary angiograms at median 16 months (range, 14 months to 17 years) after arterial switch operation. All patients were asymptomatic at the time of angiogram. One patient had mild stenosis of the circumflex coronary artery demonstrated on a routine coronary angiogram 14 months postoperatively. All 28 patients were asymptomatic and in New York Heart Association functional class I at last follow-up.ConclusionsPatients with intramural coronary arteries are not at increased risk of death or coronary reinterventions and have excellent late outcomes after the arterial switch operation.Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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