Reoperative off-pump subclavian-coronary artery bypass grafting in an elderly patient with left internal thoracic artery stenosis
Kihara, S.; Shimakura, T.; Hanayama, N.; Maeba, S.; Hirasawa, Y.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 52(6): 501-504
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 10380481 Document Number: 509343
A 80-year-old Japanese female was diagnosed to have angina pectoris and admitted to our hospital. She had been operated on with mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting to right and circumflex coronary artery 4 years before. The coronary angiogram showed significant stenosis with severe calcification in the left anterior descending coronary artery, and it was unsuitable for catheter intervention. The patient also had stenotic left internal thoracic artery and multiple cerebral infarction, but successful off-pump subclavian-coronary artery bypass grafting using saphenous vein graft through small thoracotomy was performed without new neurological deficit. This procedure is useful for patients with left internal thoracic artery unsuitable for MIDCABG, due to quality, size, or injury during preparation.