title: Ventriculotomy repair during revascularization of intracavitary anterior descending coronary arteries.
abstract: Optimal revascularization of the rare variant anomolous intracavitary left anterior descending coronary artery requires, by definition, entrance into the right ventricular cavity. We present a simple method to repair the ventriculotomy without risk of obliterating the left anterior descending coronary artery, septal perforators, or diagonal branches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California, USA. etovarmd@aol.com
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Tovar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borsari
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Landa
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Gazzaniga
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery