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Left main coronary artery occlusion in an asymptomatic patient: late complication after arterial switch operation
Author(s) -
Quarrie Ricardo,
Kopf Gary S.,
Hashim Sabet
Publication year - 2016
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/jocs.12785
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , artery , asymptomatic , occlusion , stenosis , complication , great arteries , surgery , heart disease
Long‐term complications of the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries include coronary artery stenosis and occlusion. We present a patient with high‐grade left main coronary artery stenosis 18 years following the arterial switch procedure who was successfully treated with a left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending artery bypass.