title: Occlusion of left coronary artery ostium by left coronary cusp fusion.
abstract: We report two cases of adults who had occlusion of the left coronary artery ostium by the left coronary cusp. Both patients were treated with the Bentall procedure, and both revealed a good, long-term course. We offer proper strategy of perioperative management consisting of precise preoperative diagnosis with a multimodality imaging study and adequate operative technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan. tatsujiokada@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Mitsuomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Masanao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itonaga
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged