A case of coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient who has a rosary-like coronary lesion with Buerger's disease

Umami, T.; Ohno, T.; Ohkawa, Y.; Doi, H.; Sasaki, A.; Sugiki, K.

Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 52(6): 455-457

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252
PMID: 10380471
Document Number: 510620
We report a case of coronary artery bypass grafting using left intra thoracic artery (LITA) in a 63-year-old male with Buerger's disease. His coronary angiography showed a long lesion seemed rosary in the left anterior descending (LAD). At operation, the surface of the coronary artery was dark red with white speckles. The LAD was opened distal end of disease, the intima of the coronary artery made much soft thin fold. The disease was never atheromatous. His coronary angiography showed a very rarely finding that seemed rosary.

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