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Ann Thorac Surg 1980;29:480-482
© 1980 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Expeditious Location of the Embedded Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery

R. Leighton Fisk, M.D.*, Carman H. Brooks, M.D., Gurmit Sandhu, M.D., Peter D. Bates, D.V.M.

Sections of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology, St. Luke's Hospital Medical Center, and the Phoenix Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, Phoenix, AZ

Accepted for publication May 9, 1979.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Fisk, St. Luke's Hospital Medical Center, 525 N 18 St, Suite 5, Phoenix, AZ 85006

Retrograde passage of an intraluminal coronary artery probe to the proximal segment of the anterior descending coronary artery facilitates location of the vessel at operation. No related complications have occurred in 18 patients in whom this maneuver was performed. This method reduces the required dissection time and the hazard involved when aortocoronary bypass to an embedded left anterior descending coronary artery is necessary.




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