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Aortic Valve Replacement Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using Bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries
Author(s) -
Bhattacharya Kausik,
Clugston April,
Whalen Henry,
Campanella Ciro
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00671.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mammary artery , bypass grafting , cardiology , artery , aortic valve replacement , coronary arteries , surgery , stenosis
Aortic valve replacement in patients with a patent internal mammary artery grafts poses two main challenges: Sternal reentry and myocardial protection. Beating heart procedures have been well described in coronary and valve surgery. Herein, we describe a simple reproducible technique of aortic valve replacement that circumvents the main issues highlighted above.