Iatrogenic Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis Following Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement
Iatrogenic coronary artery disease following prosthetic valve implantation is a rare complication. This may result from mechanical injury in the intraoperative period. The use of balloon tip perfusion catheter presumably provides the initial insult with local vessel wall hypoxia. Once the diagnosis...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Heart Views |
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| Online Access: | http://www.heartviews.org/article.asp?issn=1995-705X;year=2015;volume=16;issue=1;spage=37;epage=39;aulast=Alsaddah |