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Repair of posterior coronary lacerations
R García-Rinaldi1, E R Soltero, J Carballido
1The Pavía Heart & Lung Center, Hospital Pavía, San Juan, Puerto Rico. garciarinald@prtc.net
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 28, 2001
Abstract:
Posterior lacerations of the coronary arteries that occur during arteriotomy should be repaired if significant. We describe a modification of the standard technique to repair posterior coronary artery lacerations. This technique avoids distortion and narrowing of the coronary artery.