In this case report, we describe a 16-year-old patient who developed ostial atresia of the left main coronary artery after a coronary unroofing procedure for anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery from the right coronary sinus. This was successfully addressed with a coronary patch ostioplasty.
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