Composite Graft Replacement in Acute Aortic Dissection: Technique for Anastomosing the Right Coronary Artery without an Aortic Button
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https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20041131Abstract
Acute aortic dissection that involves the ostium of the right coronary artery is a rare occurrence, but treatment by composite graft replacement of the aortic root is a technically difficult procedure, usually involving implantation of an aortic button. We describe 2 patients with ostium of the right coronary artery severely damaged by acute aortic dissection. In both cases we used a technique that mobilized the right coronary artery sufficiently so that it could be implanted without including an aortic button.References
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