Multiple free (aorta-coronary) gastroepiploic artery grafting.
The use of in situ gastroepiploic artery grafts has been reported recently. In the present case, the in situ gastroepiploic artery was too short to graft both the diagonal and the obtuse marginal branches of the coronary arteries in a patient with diffuse coronary artery disease. The free (aorta-coronary) gastroepiploic artery graft was anastomosed to both arteries to form a Y graft.
Tanimoto
Y
Y
Cardiovascular Center, Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Matsuda
Y
Y
Masuda
T
T
Sakata
K
K
Kobayashi
Y
Y
Hayashi
K
K
Aoki
M
M
Matsuzaki
M
M
Hamada
Y
Y
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*