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When too much closeness harms: circumflex artery injury during mitral valve surgery

Occlusion of the left coronary circumflex artery (LCX) during surgical procedures of the mitral valve is an infrequent but potentially life-threatening complication (1–3). Due to its close anatomical relationship to the posterior mitral valve annulus, there is a relevant risk of causing a stenosis o...

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Autores principales: Dumps, Christian, Simon, Philipp, Girdauskas, Evaldas, Girrbach, Felix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10641853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37965081
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1183182