title: A method for locating embedded left anterior descending coronary arteries.
abstract: Intraoperative detection of deeply embedded coronary arteries is difficult. This study describes an effective method to identify embedded coronary arteries by intraoperative cine angiography. Two embedded left anterior descending coronary arteries were successfully identified by intraoperative cine angiography. We believe that the intraoperative cineangiography is helpful for surgeons in this difficult situation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kocaeli Derince Education and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey. nesruf@isnet.net.tr
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Cevdet Ugur
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Kocogullari
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002932:Cineangiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results