title: Calcification and thickening of the aortic wall complicating aortocoronary grafting: a technical modification.
abstract: A method to anastomose saphenous vein grafts to a calcified or severely arteriosclerotic ascending aorta is presented. A portion of the aorta is replaced by a synthetic prosthesis from which the grafts are delivered through individual openings.
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous