Re-implant of the right coronary artery: a surgical technique for the treatment of ostial lesions

Previously described surgical treatment for ostial coronary artery stenosis relied on either venous or arterial bypasses or ostial patch angioplasty. These surgical procedures are performed with bovine pericardium, saphenous vein or internal thoracic artery. We describe a technique of right coronary...

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Main Authors: Bongiovani Hércules Lisboa, Haddad Jorge Luís
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2002-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382002000400011
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Summary:Previously described surgical treatment for ostial coronary artery stenosis relied on either venous or arterial bypasses or ostial patch angioplasty. These surgical procedures are performed with bovine pericardium, saphenous vein or internal thoracic artery. We describe a technique of right coronary artery re-implantation into the aorta. The procedure was performed in four patients with right coronary artery ostial stenosis along with other left coronary artery lesions.
ISSN:0102-7638
1678-9741