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

Bozena Sobkowicz; Tomasz Hirnle; Sławomir Dobrzycki; Marek Frank; Robert Sawicki

doi:10.1016/j.euje.2004.11.003

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

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2005 Aug;6(4):280-5. doi: 10.1016/j.euje.2004.11.003. Epub 2005 Jan 21.

Authors

Bozena Sobkowicz¹, Tomasz Hirnle, Sławomir Dobrzycki, Marek Frank, Robert Sawicki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Academy of Medicine, ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 24 A, 15-276 Białystok, Poland. sobkowic@wp.pl

PMID: 15992711
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2004.11.003

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon
Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Stenosis / surgery
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Vessels / pathology
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Care / methods*
Middle Aged
Time Factors