Potential risks in coronary artery bypass grafting via mini-thoracotomy: a case report.
This paper describes a patient with an occluded left internal thoracic artery, possibly as a result of the proximal 'steal phenomena', following coronary artery bypass grafting via mini-thoracotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Bayindir Medical Center, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Ankara, Turkey. c.yorgancioglu@usa.net
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D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods