Coronary-to-coronary bypass using a free internal mammary artery: an alternative.
Paucity of conduit of adequate length or quality poses a dilemma in the occasional patient. We report such a patient, in whom we used a modified anastomotic technique using the normal right coronary artery for the proximal anastomotic site of a free right internal mammary artery graft.
Bedi
H S
HS
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India.
Sharma
V K
VK
Kler
T S
TS
Trehan
N
N
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography