%0 Journal Article
%T Iatrogenic Disruption of Left Main Coronary Artery during Aortic Valve Replacement
%A Kumar Rohit
%A Singh Shyamveer
%A Mangukia Chirantan
%A Singh Harpreet
%A Geelani Muhammed Abid
%J World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
%P 1-4
%@ 2164-3210
%D 2016
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjcs.2016.61001
%X This aortic valve replacement (AVR) remains the gold standard for symptomatic aortic stenosis. Peri-operative complications like dissection, stenosis involving coronary artery are well described in many series. We present a rare iatrogenic complication of disrupted left main coronary artery during the delivery of cardioplegia while performing AVR in a 54 year male patient for severe calcific aortic stenosis. The inadvertent injury to the artery was timely noticed and managed successfully with long saphenous vein graft.
%K Aortic Valve Replacement
%K Left Main Coronary Artery
%K Saphenous Vein Graft
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=62586