Surgical Treatment of Adult-Type Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery with coronary artery steal in adults. Report of two cases and review of the literature.

“…Those not surviving were all infants, but several infants demonstrably profited from the procedure. Ten adults have been submitted to this operation (Sabiston, Floyd, and McIntosh, 1968;Summer and Hendrix, 1968;Dalton, Arrington, and King, 1969) without mortality and with symptomatic relief in most cases. Rowe and Young (1960) suggested that if, after occlusion of its origin, the pressure in the anomalous vessel rises to systemic levels, nothing is gained by coronary artery bypass grafting.…”