[Two cases of coronary artery bypass grafting using great saphenous vein grafts in reversed Y-shaped for the atherosclerotic ascending aorta].
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was performed using saphenous vein grafts anastomosed in reversed Y-shaped in two patients because of the atherosclerotic ascending aorta. Postoperative course was uneventful, however, the common part of reversed Y-shaped grafts was occluded in both patients within two years after operations. The arms of reversed Y-shaped grafts were patent, and played a role of major collateral between LAD and RCA. They were treated successfully with reoperation in one patient and PTCA in another.
Terada
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Y
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Suma
H
H
Fukuda
S
S
Wanibuchi
Y
Y
Ohkawa
S
S
Yamabuki
K
K
Jikuya
T
T
Mitsui
T
T
Noguchi
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*