title: The carotid-carotid bypass graft.
abstract: Occasional patients have multiple, branch artery occlusions of the aortic arch that preclude any of the standard extrathoracic bypass grafts. We recently treated such a patient with carotid-carotid bypass and found it to be remarkably simple and effective. This article describes the technical details of this procedure and suggests its future applications.
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging