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Fig. 3 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fig. 3

From: A Y-incision to enlarge the aortic root for aortic valve stenosis with anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery

Fig. 3

Postoperative cardiac computed tomography. (A) After enlargement, the prosthetic valve was placed without compression of the AAORCA. (B) A take-off angle of the right coronary artery increased from 19° to 28°. (C) The preoperative diameter of the most narrowed point of the interarterial segment and the right coronary artery (RCA) were 5.7 and 3.7 mm, respectively. (D) The postoperative diameter of the interarterial segment and the RCA were 5.4 and 3.6 mm, respectively, and not significantly smaller

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