title: Occlusion of the left coronary ostium due to fusion of the aortic cusp to the wall.
abstract: We report on a patient with occlusion of the left coronary ostium and aortic regurgitation due to fusion of the left aortic cusp to the aortic wall. The left coronary flow was restored by excision of the adherent left aortic cusp and aortic valve replacement.
authors: Department of Surgery (I), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kawasuji
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Sakakibara
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Watanabe
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged