Lateral femoral circumflex artery as a free graft for coronary artery bypass grafting to an 85-year-old man; report of a case

Morita, M.; Tanaka, K.; Nakai, Y.; Kakimoto, S.; Murai, M.; Nariyama, K.; Yamashita, H.; Ookubo, T.; Miyakoshi, K.

Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 56(12): 1062-1064

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252
PMID: 14608933
Document Number: 552671
An 85-year-old man had a 2 vessel coronary disease. Preoperative echogram showed the lateral femoral circumflex artery (LFCA) had enough diameter and length. We performed coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) with the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) and LFCA. Postoperative coronary angiogram showed that the LFCA bypass graft was patent and supplied sufficient blood to the anastomosed vessel.

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