title: [Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in a case of coronary occlusion secondary to long segmental dissection of left anterior descending artery after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)].
abstract: A 60-year-old man with unstable angina underwent PTCA at left anterior descending artery (LAD) #6, which had stenosis of 90%. Subsequently, a long segmental dissection formed from #6 to #7 and the patients was scheduled for CABG. On the day before the expected date of CABG, he had an angina attack and a 12 lead electrocardiogram (ECG) showed ST segment and T wave elevation in V1-3. Coronary angiograms revealed 99% stenosis in LAD #6 and immediately rePTCA was performed at the site. RePTCA improved the stenosis to 50%, but ECG showed an inverted T wave in V3,4 and emergency CABG was performed, with the saphenous vein at LAD #8 and high lateral artery. Some authors have stated that CABG is not useful for long segmental coronary dissection, but we conclude that CABG should be definitely considered in such a case, because this procedure resolves pressure gradients at before-and-after entry and the bypass grafts will be never occluded whenever anastomosis (intima-adventitia-graft) is performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokomuro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ebine
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiroma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamezaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtsuki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muraoka
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy