title: Calcified embolus of the left coronary ostia after aortic valve replacement.
abstract: A patient with a left coronary calcified embolus causing acute myocardial dysfunction immediately after aortic valve replacement is described. Prompt diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiogram was made, which led to removal of the embolus and a subsequent satisfactory course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Folliguet
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Malergue
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Temkine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dibie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laborde
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male