Repeat Coronary Artery Bypass in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis

Y. Sakakibara; T. Imazuru; K. Watanabe; K. Matsuzaki; T. Mitsui; H. Unno; T. Doi

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1010199

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 46(2): 99-100
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1010199

Case Report

Repeat Coronary Artery Bypass in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis

Y. Sakakibara, T. Imazuru, K. Watanabe, K. Matsuzaki, T. Mitsui, H. Unno¹ , T. Doi¹

Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
¹Department of Cardiology, Ushiku Aiwa General Hospital, Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan

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1997

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19 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

The case of a 69-year-old man with liver cirrhosis, thrombocytopenia, unstable angina, and a history of previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is presented. The patient underwent successful repeat CABG through lateral thoracotomy on the beating heart without extracorporeal circulatory Support.

Key words

Redo CABG - Liver cirrhosis - Lateral thoracotomy - Beating heart