Management of anomalous coronary anatomy during aortic valve repair

Piroze M Davierwala^{1

2

3}, Imran Khan^{2

3}, Christian Etz¹, Michael A Borger¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
² Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Editorial

Piroze M Davierwala et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;11(4):487-489.

doi: 10.21037/acs-2022-bav-25.

Piroze M Davierwala^{1

2

3}, Imran Khan^{2

3}, Christian Etz¹, Michael A Borger¹

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
² Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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