title: [Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with a single coronary artery].
abstract: Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with a single coronary artery is reported. A 61-year-old male who had chest pain and palpitation was transferred to our hospital. His ECG showed ischemic change, and CPK rose to a high level. Emergency coronary angiography revealed a type L II A (Lipton's criteria) single coronary artery and atherosclerotic stenosis on three major branches. He underwent CABG of LAD using LITA, #3 and #14 using saphenous vein grafts. Post operative angiography confirmed patent grafts, and the patient was free from symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dokkyou University, School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation