Congenital heart defects and coronary anatomy

• Published in: Texas Heart Institute journal Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 279 - 289
• Main Author: MAWSON, John B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Houston, TX Texas Heart Institute 2002
• Series: Clinical Articles
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Anomalies; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - embryology; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - therapy; Heart; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnostic imaging; Heart Defects, Congenital - embryology; Heart Defects, Congenital - therapy; Humans; Medical sciences; Human; Congenital; Anatomical variation; Decision making; Coronary artery; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Congenital disease; Vascular disease; Morphogenesis; Concomitant disease; Treatment; Malformation; Heart disease; Surgery; Fallot tetralogy; Technique; Transposition of the great vessels
• ISSN: 0730-2347; 1526-6702

Coronary artery anomalies are a well recognized feature of many cardiac malformations and have been catalogued in a number of reviews. This overview concentrates on 1) the interplay between congenital heart defects and coronary morphogenesis, examining how some of the embryology fits with the experiments of nature encountered in clinical practice; and 2) the influence of coronary anatomy on patient management. This overview uses, as examples, pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, complete and congenitally corrected transpositions of the great arteries, and tetralogy of Fallot.