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Management of ventricular perforation during revascularization of an intramyocardial left anterior descending artery
Author(s) -
Nwokocha Chinwe,
AlDossari Ghannam A.,
Conti Vincent R.,
DeAnda Abe,
Roughneen Patrick T.
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.13228
Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , cardiology , artery , complication , myocardial infarction , bypass grafting , revascularization , surgery , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Ventricular perforation during exposure of an intramyocardial left anterior descending artery (LAD) in preparation for coronary artery bypass grafting is a known surgical complication. In this report, we discuss the management of this complication which avoids closure of the LAD and a myocardial infarction.
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