Repeat coronary artery bypass in a patient with liver cirrhosis.
The case of a 69-year-old man with liver cirrhosis, thrombocytopenia, unstable angina, and a history of previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is presented. The patient under-went successful repeat CABG through lateral thoracotomy on the beating heart without extracorporeal circulatory support.
Sakakibara
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Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Imazuru
T
T
Watanabe
K
K
Matsuzaki
K
K
Mitsui
T
T
Unno
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H
Doi
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation