Left anterior descending artery endarterectomy by hydrodissection
Sanjay Kumar1, R Unnikrishnan Nair
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
Heart, Lung & Circulation
|January 2, 2009
Abstract:
Complete revascularisation of a diffusely diseased left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery is best done by endarterectomy in conjunction with coronary artery bypass grafting. We describe a simple, effective, and safe technique of performing LAD endarterectomy by hydrodissection.