Coronary artery bypass grafting following substernal gastric interposition.
A 61-year-old man who had undergone substernal esophagogastric anastomosis for reconstruction after esophageal cancer, developed unstable angina 9 years later. Complete revascularization for triple-vessel disease was performed via a left thoracotomy approach under cardiopulmonary bypass. The successful results show that complete revascularization can be performed via this approach.
Iemura
J
J
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kinki University of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan.
Oku
H
H
Ohtaki
M
M
Inoue
T
T
D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed