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.