ABSTRACT Surgical aortic valve replacement is the gold standard for treatment of severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Complications directly related to surgical procedure are relatively infrequent. Coronary ostial stenosis is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication, whose exact pathogenetic mechanism is not known, but a few hypotheses have been proposed. We present a case of a recurrent acute coronary syndrome during the first 12 months after simultaneous surgical aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting, as a result of bilateral […]
