title: A novel approach to surgical treatment of diseased intracavitary coronary arteries and ventriculotomy closure.
abstract: Inadvertent opening of the right ventricle may occur during dissection of an intracavitary artery. Two patients with stenotic intracavitary left anterior descending arteries were operated on. A right ventriculotomy was performed in the operation. The anastomosis was performed to this intracavitary segment of the artery. The ventriculotomy was closed with a pericardium. There were no ischemic changes or aneurysmal formation in the postoperative follow-ups. This technique may be preferable in the closure of right ventriculotomy without compromise of coronary flow or anastomosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kaya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzer
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Omay
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozker
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozgol
authors.forename: Theodor Stewens
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wijers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods