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Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a valuable diagnostic tool f
or providing clear images of the proximal coronary arteries. We descri
be herein the case of an elderly man in whom dissection and an atheros
clerotic plaque in the proximal coronary arteries were demonstrated by
TEE during combined coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve
replacement. Thus, retrograde cardioplegia was employed, whereby traum
a to the coronary ostia was avoided.