title: Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with brainstem infarction.
abstract: Brainstem infarction associated with the primitive trigeminal artery is rare. We describe the case of a 61-year-old man with an acute myocardial infarction as well as a brainstem infarction. The patient was referred for coronary artery bypass grafting. Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (left internal thoracic artery to the second diagonal branch anastomosis) could be safely performed 10 weeks after an episode of brainstem infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakakibara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitsui
mesh_terms: D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery