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We sought to report characteristics and outcomes of children with complex anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) and to compare the outcomes to children with isolated ALCAPA. We performed a retrospective data analysis of children with ALCAPA who underwent cardiac surgery between 1/2009 and 3/2018 at 21 centers. Characteristics and outcomes of patients with complex ALCAPA are provided using descriptive statistics. Outcomes were compared between complex ALCAPA and isolated ALCAPA using Fisher’s exact test. We reviewed 258 patients who underwent surgical repair of ALCAPA at 21 centers. We identified 10 patients (3.9%) with complex ALCAPA. Median age at initial cardiac surgery was 49 days (range: 4 days, 12.8 years). Cardiac lesions associated with ALCAPA were HLHS (n = 3); scimitar syndrome (n = 2); VSD with aortic coarctation (n = 2); VSD with right pulmonary artery discontinuity (1); DORV with mitral atresia (n = 1); and ToF (n = 1). ALCAPA was diagnosed prior to surgical intervention in 1 patient; during the initial cardiac surgery in 4 patients; in the early postoperative period via cardiac catheterization in 3 patients; and later in childhood after initial surgical repair in 2 patients. Following ALCAPA repair, patients with complex ALCAPA, as compared to patients with isolated ALCAPA, were more likely to be placed on ECMO (50% vs 12%, p = 0.002), receive CPR (30% vs 6%, p = 0.017), or suffer operative mortality (50% vs 3%, p < 0.001). Complex ALCAPA is uncommon. All but one with complex ALCAPA was not diagnosed preoperatively and postoperative morbidity and mortality were significantly greater in these complex patients compared to patients with isolated ALCAPA.
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Flores, S., Riley, C.M., Sassalos, P. et al. ALCAPA in Children with Complex Congenital Heart Disease: A Multicenter Study. Pediatr Cardiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-024-03473-1
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