title: Distortion of the proximal circumflex artery during mitral valve repair.
abstract: A 74-year-old woman showed electrocardiographic signs of severe lateral ischemia with no hemodynamic consequence after mitral valve repair for severe mitral regurgitation. An angiogram showed interruption of the proximal circumflex artery. The patients then underwent an on-pump beating heart marginal branch revascularization. A new angiogram performed before discharge showed a widely patent graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. calafiore@unich.it
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Calafiore
authors.forename: Angela L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Iacò
authors.forename: Egidio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varone
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Mauro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index