title: Retrocaval passage of coronary bypass grafts to the inferior left ventricle wall.
abstract: Revascularization of the inferior side of the left ventricle is performed most often with aortocoronary free grafts. This article describes a technical improvement for anatomical fit and gain of length of these grafts by directing them to the right side of the heart after a passage behind the inferior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Saint Joseph, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Deleuze
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Bical
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Uva
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior