[Coronary artery bypass grating 13 years after pneumonectomy].
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in a patient who had undergone left pneumonectomy for lung cancer 13 years earlier is described. Preoperative pulmonary function was reduced; percent vital capacity was 55% and percent forced expiratory volume in 1 second was 77%. Triple CABG was performed with saphenous vein grafts. A retractor designed for use in harvesting of the internal thoracic artery was useful to obtain a good operative view because the heart had shifted to the left. Oxygen tension of the arterial blood decreased transiently after extracorporeal circulation. The early postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on day 57 after the operation. This is the first report, to the best our knowledge, of CABG after pneumonectomy for lung cancer in Japan. We think it possible, with careful management, to perform open heart surgery on a patient after pneumonectomy if pulmonary function is adequate.
Shibata
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Second Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
Suehiro
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Kimura
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Nishizawa
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Minamimura
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Kinoshita
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H
D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy