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The Ross procedure performed in the setting of congenitally bifoliate aortic valve with anomalous right coronary artery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2005

Masayuki Morikawa
Affiliation:
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Ko Bando
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Shinji Sato
Affiliation:
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Abstract

We treated successfully using the Ross procedure a 14-year old with a congenitally stenotic bifoliate aortic valve associated with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery. The anomalous artery arose from the same aortic sinus that gave rise to the main stem of the left coronary artery, and reached the right atrioventricular groove by traversing the tissue plane between the aortic root and the subpulmonary infundibulum. Both coronary arteries were reimplanted using a single arterial button.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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