title: Fibrosing mediastinitis complicating coronary artery surgery. Use of the descending thoracic aorta.
abstract: This case illustrates the previously unreported combination of severe fibrosing mediastinitis involving the entire intrapericardial aorta, pulmonary artery, and innominate artery in a patient requiring coronary revascularization for chronic angina and multivessel coronary artery disease. Due to the mediastinal fibrosis, normal revascularization procedures and myocardial preservation techniques were altered and are described.
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged