Coronary Artery Reconstruction Using a Bioengineered Patch and Epicardial Tunnel Muhammad S. Khan, MD, Matthew R. Yeager, MBA, Roosevelt Bryant, MD, Angela Lorts, MD, David L.S. Morales, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 101, Issue 1, Pages 363-365 (January 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.072 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Cardiac catheterization study performed 3 weeks after initial coronary transfer at the referring facility. (A) Aortic root injection demonstrates no left coronary artery (LCA). (B) Right coronary injection demonstrates collateral flow to the LCA bifurcation, filling a small left circumflex artery and left anterior descending artery, but there is no patent main LCA. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 363-365DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.072) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cardiac catheterization study performed 15 months after main left coronary artery (LCA) reconstruction. (A) Selective LCA injection. (B) Aortic root injection demonstrates the patent two-coronary system. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 101, 363-365DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.03.072) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions