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Right coronary artery injury during tricuspid valve annuloplasty
F D Rubens1, P Bedard, V M Walley
1University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
An unusual complication after tricuspid valve annuloplasty is described where a ring suture ligated right coronary artery and precipitated myocardial infarct and patient death. The need for caution to prevent this complication with such surgery is emphasized.