Sharma G, Augustyn C, Nawrocki P, Cichoń R. CASE REPORTSMechanical circulatory support after surgical repair of Bland-White-Garland syndrome.
A study of three cases. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2015;12(1):77-79. doi:10.5114/kitp.2015.50576.
APA
Sharma, G., Augustyn, C., Nawrocki, P., & Cichoń, R. (2015). CASE REPORTSMechanical circulatory support after surgical repair of Bland-White-Garland syndrome.
A study of three cases. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 12(1), 77-79. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2015.50576
Chicago
Sharma, Girish, Cyprian Augustyn, Paweł Nawrocki, and Romuald Cichoń. 2015. "CASE REPORTSMechanical circulatory support after surgical repair of Bland-White-Garland syndrome.
A study of three cases". Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 12 (1): 77-79. doi:10.5114/kitp.2015.50576.
Harvard
Sharma, G., Augustyn, C., Nawrocki, P., and Cichoń, R. (2015). CASE REPORTSMechanical circulatory support after surgical repair of Bland-White-Garland syndrome.
A study of three cases. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 12(1), pp.77-79. https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2015.50576
MLA
Sharma, Girish et al. "CASE REPORTSMechanical circulatory support after surgical repair of Bland-White-Garland syndrome.
A study of three cases." Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 12, no. 1, 2015, pp. 77-79. doi:10.5114/kitp.2015.50576.
Vancouver
Sharma G, Augustyn C, Nawrocki P, Cichoń R. CASE REPORTSMechanical circulatory support after surgical repair of Bland-White-Garland syndrome.
A study of three cases. Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2015;12(1):77-79. doi:10.5114/kitp.2015.50576.
The anomalous origin of the left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), also known as Bland-White-Garland (BWG) syndrome, is a rare congenital heart disease. We present cases of three children in whom BWG syndrome was repaired surgically. In two of them, the left coronary artery was transplanted from the pulmonary trunk to the aorta, and in one, the Takeuchi procedure was performed. In both cases in which the left coronary artery was transplanted to the aorta, mechanical circulatory support was used after the surgery. This was due to a low ejection fraction (10%) while weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass. Although associated with numerous complications, mechanical circulatory support can be a lifesaving therapy in patients with a poor left ventricular function after the correction of BWG syndrome.
Keywords
Bland-White-Garland syndrome, mechanical circulatory support