title: [Emergency coronary bypass grafting for failed percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty].
abstract: From January 1992 through September 1993, 545 patients underwent PTCA in Asahikawa City Hospital. 6 patients (1.1%) required emergency CABG. Perfusion catheter was placed in three patients. This catheter allowed for immediate and temporary reperfusion of blood to the ischemic myocardial tissue. And it provided us with time and a patient in stable condition. This technique reduce PMI, morbidity, and mortality in emergency CABG after failed PTCA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Asahikawa City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017211:Treatment Failure