CASE REPORT
Novel approach to stenting the left anterior descending coronary artery through a retrograde approach via the left internal mammary artery graft in a patient with occlusion of the coronary ostium from a prior aortic valve replacement
First published: 20 September 2023
Abstract
Total occlusion of both coronary ostia is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication following surgical aortic valve replacement. This report presents a case of a patient with known total occlusion of both coronary artery ostia following combined coronary artery bypass graft surgery and aortic valve replacement who underwent successful percutaneous coronary intervention through a retrograde approach.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.
