Technical Details of Rechanneling of Obstructive
Coronary Sinus Type of Totally Anomalous
Pulmonary Venous Connection Using Malm’s
Coronary Sinus Cutback Technique and Left
Atrial Augmentation: A Video Presentation
Ujjwal K. Chowdhury
1
Niwin George
1
Sushamagayatri B.
1
Balaji Chandhirasekar
1
Shikha Goja
1
Nagasai Manjusha
1
Niraj Nirmal Pandey
2
Poonam Malhotra Kapoor
3
1
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic
Sciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,
India
2
Department of Cardiac Radiology, Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
3
Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Cardiothoracic Sciences
Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
J Card Crit Care 2022;6:219–221.
Address for correspondence Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, MCh, Diplomate
NB, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India
(e-mail: ujjwalchowdhury@gmail.com).
Introduction
Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection accounts
for 1.3 to 3% of cases of chronic heart disease.
1,2
Infants born
with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection have a
generally unfavorable prognosis, with only 50% surviving
beyond 3 months and 20% surviving the first year of life.
3–5
Hazelrig et al analyzed data from 183 autopsied cases of
surgically untreated totally anomalous pulmonary venous
connection reported in the literature.
6
Median survival was
Keywords
► left atrial
augmentation
► Malm’s coronary
sinus cutback
technique
► rechanneling of
obstructive coronary
sinus
► totally anomalous
pulmonary venous
connection
Abstract Obstructive coronary sinus totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection although
rare, is associated with a high mortality. A 2-month-old female child diagnosed with
obstructive coronary sinus type of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection
and severe pulmonary arterial hypertension underwent complete unroofing of the
coronary sinus by the “coronary sinus cutback technique” of Malm with left atrial
augmentation and atrial septal fenestration.
DOI https://doi.org/
10.1055/s-0042-1759806.
ISSN 2457-0206.
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