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Coronary artery bypass grafting to treat coronary arterial occlusion incurred during orthotopic heart transplantation
Author(s) -
Rajagopal Keshava,
Rajapreyar Indranee,
Kar Biswajit,
Loyalka Pranav,
Gregoric Igor D.
Publication year - 2017
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.13169
Subject(s) - medicine , bypass grafting , artery , cardiology , heart transplantation , circumflex , transplantation , coronary artery occlusion , occlusion , complication , coronary occlusion , surgery
We report a case of left circumflex coronary artery occlusion sustained during orthotopic heart transplantation. Emergent coronary artery bypass grafting was performed, with recovery of cardiac function. The etiology and management of this complication are reviewed.