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Ann Thorac Surg
; 115(5): e109-e111, 2023 05.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35504362
RESUMO
We report the technique needed to effectively repair a left main coronary artery shredding after rotational atherectomy and destruction of the left main coronary artery. The patient had been deemed inoperable at another center because of diffuse distal coronary disease. The complication led to cardiac tamponade and hemodynamic collapse, necessitating cardiopulmonary resuscitation and salvage surgery. This is perhaps the first case in the literature to show a successful repair of such a complex and significant left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary artery rupture in a patient in extremis.