Ventriculotomy repair during revascularization of intracavitary anterior descending coronary arteries.
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.
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California, USA. etovarmd@aol.com
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Landa
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Weinstein
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Gazzaniga
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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