Occlusion of left coronary artery ostium by left coronary cusp fusion

Tatsuji Okada; Mitsuomi Shimamoto; Fumio Yamazaki; Masanao Nakai; Yujiro Miura; Tatsuya Itonaga; Ryota Nomura; Daisuke Takahashi; Noriyuki Abe; Yasuhiko Terai

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.016

Occlusion of left coronary artery ostium by left coronary cusp fusion

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jun;91(6):1986-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.016.

Authors

Tatsuji Okada¹, Mitsuomi Shimamoto, Fumio Yamazaki, Masanao Nakai, Yujiro Miura, Tatsuya Itonaga, Ryota Nomura, Daisuke Takahashi, Noriyuki Abe, Yasuhiko Terai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 21620002
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.016

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnosis
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / pathology
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged