简介：BackgroundAnomalousoriginoftheleftcoronaryarteryfromthepulmonaryartery(ALCAPA)isararecongenitalanomaly.Itdemonstratedthecombinedeffectsoftheabsenceofanormalcoronaryflowwithacoronarystealandtheprofoundischemiathatcanproduceleftventriculardysfunctionandmitralregurgitation.Wehereintroducethepostoperativemanagementofpatientswithrepairofanomalousoriginoftheleftcoronaryarteryfromthepulmonaryartery,withanemphasisonitsoutcome.MethodsRecordsof31patientswithanomalousoriginoftheleftcoronaryarteryfromthepulmonaryarteryreceivingsurgeryfrom1998to2010werereviewedretrospectively,10ofwhichweretreatedwiththemitralvalvesurgicallyatthesametime.Theageofpatientswas4monthsto16years(median,1year)andweightofthosewas5to53kilograms(median,7.8kilograms),allofwhichwerediagnosedofanomalousoriginoftheleftcoronaryarteryfromthepulmonarybyechocardiographyandcardiaccatheterization.Aftersurgery,electrocardiogram,echocardiography,arterialbloodpressure,transcutaneousoxygensaturationandcentralvenouspressureweremonitored.Commonpostoperativecomplicationsinourgroupwereanalysed.Andpreoperativeandpostoperativedataincludingareaofmitralregurgitation,leftventricularsystolicdiameterandleftventriculardistolicdiameterwereobtained.Cardiopulmonarybypasstimeandmechanicalventilationtimeofpostoperativepatientswithnopneumoniawerecomparedwiththosewithpneumonia.Binarylogisticregressionwasappliedfortheanalysisoftheriskfactorsofpostoperativepneumonia.ResultsOf31patients,30survivedaftersurgerywithearlymortalityof3.23%.Onepatientdiedofseverelowcardiacoutputsyndrome.Mechanicalventilationtimewas4hoursto168hourshours(mean,39.68±50.52hours;median,18hours).ICUstaywas16hoursto425hours(mean,111.65±127.03hours;median,44hours).Inourgroup,commonpostoperativecomplicationsweremyocardialischemia(n=12,36.4%),infection(n=