title: [A case report of annuloaortic ectasia with coarctation of the aorta and "high take off" of the right coronary artery].
abstract: A 21-year-old male who had annuloaortic ectasia with coarctation of the aorta and "high take off" of the right coronary artery underwent two stage operations. A bypass operation using an artificial graft was performed for coarctation of the aorta at the first procedure. The second procedure, Cabrol's operation, was performed on 83rd day after the first operation. At the second operation we found "high take off" of the right coronary artery. The right coronary artery originated about five centimeters above the rim of the left sinus of Valsalva. Post-operative cause was uneventful. Annuloaortic ectasia combined with coarctation of the aorta and "high take off" of the right coronary artery is very rare in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsunemoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mannohji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yajima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods