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European Journal of Echocardiography 2005 6(4):280-285; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2004.11.003
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Copyright © 2004, The European Society of Cardiology

Intraoperative echocardiographic assessment of the severe isolated ostial stenosis of left main coronary artery before and after surgical patch angioplasty

Bozena Sobkowicza,*, Tomasz Hirnleb, Slawomir Dobrzyckic, Marek Frankb and Robert Sawickia

aDepartment of Cardiology, Academy of Medicine, ul. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 24 A, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
bDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Academy of Medicine, ul. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 24 A, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
cDepartment of Invasive Cardiology, Academy of Medicine, ul. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 24 A, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland

Received 5 October 2004; received in revised form 11 November 2004; accepted after revision 11 November 2004.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +48 8 5746 8638; fax: +48 8 5746 8604. E-mail: sobkowic@wp.pl


  Abstract

Isolated critical ostial stenosis of left main coronary artery is currently treated by conventional bypass surgery. Surgical patch angioplasty in an alternative surgical approach. Transesophageal echocardiography enables visualization of proximal branches of left and right coronary artery. The report describes intraoperative echocardiographic assessment of surgical left main coronary artery angioplasty.

Keywords: Transesophageal echocardiography; Left main coronary artery; Ostial stenosis; Surgical left main coronary artery patch angioplasty


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