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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2022; 10(05): 263-264
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1750412
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Intraoperative Finding of Anomalous Circumflex Artery Origin in the Dissected Right Coronary Ostium

Makoto Mori
1   Divison of Cardiac Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
,
Andrea Amabile 
1   Divison of Cardiac Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
,
Prashanth Vallabhajosyula
1   Divison of Cardiac Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
2   Yale Aortic Institute, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Abstract

Anomalous origin of the left circumflex artery is a rare anatomical variant that may present a unique challenge in emergent aortic surgery.

Keywords

anomalous - circumflex - aortic - dissection - Bentall root replacement


Publication History

Received: 12 May 2021

Accepted: 13 April 2022

Article published online:
20 December 2022

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