Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2015
Congenital abnormalities of the coronary arteries in the absence of structural heart disease account for a small but interesting percentage of cardiac lesions in children. Their presentation may vary from incidental identification to aborted/sudden cardiac death. Patients with aborted sudden death episodes will require significant support if they develop extensive ischaemic myocardial injury. Ultimately, surgical repair should be carried out as soon as haemodynamic stability is attained and the neurological status is evaluated. The aims of this article were to provide a review of congenital abnormalities of the coronary arteries most commonly seen in children in the ICU as well as to review the current critical-care management thereof.
Presented at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute’s 15th Annual International Symposium on Congenital Heart Disease, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America, from Friday, 6 February, 2015, to Monday, 9 February, 2015.