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[Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery. Surgical therapy using a miniaturized heart-lung machine]
Stefan Christiansen1, Monika Aranda-Carrero, Stefan Brose
1Klinik für Thorax-,Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsklinik Aachen, Germany. schristiansen@ukaachen.de
Herz
|May 21, 2003
Abstract:
Anomalies of the coronary arteries are rare, congenital heart diseases which often require surgical therapy. We report on a patient with an aberrant left coronary artery originating from the right coronary artery and discuss the operative procedure using a miniaturized heart-lung machine.