title: Management of anomalous right coronary arteries encountered during aortic valve surgery.
abstract: We experienced three cases with anomalous right coronary arteries during aortic valve surgery. By rotating a Freestyle bioprosthesis by a subcoronary technique, the anomalous artery was secured in one patient. The anomalous artery was injured during the routine aortotomy incision in another patient; a saphenous vein graft was interposed between the ascending aorta and the separated artery. In the third patient, a subannular prosthetic valve was chosen to avoid obstructing the anomalous orifice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minami-kawachi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. tcvmisa@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Misawa
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuse
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design