Direct repair of giant right coronary aneurysm.
We describe a novel method for surgical repair of giant right coronary aneurysm. Instead of aneurysm ligation and coronary bypass we mobilized the inflow and outflow and performed end-to-end anastomosis. This preserved the native vessel. Restudy in both patients confirmed the effectiveness of this technique.
Westaby
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford Heart Centre, The John Radcliffe Hospital, England. swestaby@ahf.org.uk
Vaccari
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Katsumata
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D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome