Reoperation of Coronary Artery Bypass with Right Gastroepiploic Artery on a Beating Heart

Y. Sakakibara; Y. Yoshimura; W. Mihara; K. Nakamura; M. Toyama; K. Yuzawa; O. Shigeta; T. Mitsui

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1013694

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997; 45(2): 88-89
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013694

Case Report

Reoperation of Coronary Artery Bypass with Right Gastroepiploic Artery on a Beating Heart

Y. Sakakibara, Y. Yoshimura¹ , W. Mihara, K. Nakamura, M. Toyama¹ , K. Yuzawa, O. Shigeta, T. Mitsui

Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, Japan
¹Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

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Abstract

The case of a 67-year-old male with double-vessel coronary artery disease combined with a severely calcified ascending aorta, moderate aortic insufficiency, cholecystic stones, and unruptured intracranial aneurysm is presented. Successful coronary artery bypass reoperation is described using the right gastroepiploic artery through an additional left anterior thoracotomy on the beating heart.

Key words

Coronary artery bypass reoperation - Beating heart - Right gastroepiploic artery - Additional left anterior thoracotomy

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