Aortic valve replacement with patent bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts using cross-clamp fibrillation.
Aortic valve replacement in patients with patent coronary grafts poses many challenges. Intraoperative myocardial protection remains one of the key technical issues in these redo cases. We present a case of aortic valve replacement with patent bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts, using cross-clamp fibrillation.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. ioannis.dimarakis@imperial.ac.uk
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Dimarakis
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Stefanou
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Mulholland
J R
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Anderson
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D019737:Transplants