title: Intramural left main coronary artery unexpectedly encountered during aortic root replacement.
abstract: We present an intramural left main coronary artery, unexpectedly encountered during aortic root replacement in a truncus arteriosus patient. Given the severely limited orifice, we opted to unroof the intramural portion of the left main coronary artery prior to implantation as a button. Until now there have been no reports in the literature describing unroofing an intramural coronary artery prior to reimplantation in an aortic root replacement operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Basar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sareyyupoglu
authors.forename: Harold M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Burkhart
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dearani
authors.forename: Heidi M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Connolly
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged