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A simple trick for repairing coronary pseudoaneurysm complicating a Bentall operation
Joseph D Schmoker1, D Craig Miller
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Fletcher Allen Health Care and the University of Vermont, Burlington, USA. joseph.schmoker@vtmednet.org
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|July 18, 2002
Abstract:
Coronary pseudoaneurysms are a known complication of the Bentall wrap-inclusion method of composite valve grafting. We describe two cases to illustrate a straightforward technique for repair and prevention of coronary pseudoaneurysm formation.