Watershed infarction after combined coronary and axillobifemoral bypass surgery.
Watershed infarction sometimes causes a neurological disorder due to hypoperfusion of the brain during cardiac surgery. Here we report a case in which watershed infarction developed after combined coronary artery bypass and axillobifemoral bypass surgery.
Koga
M
M
Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
Shimokawa
S
S
Moriyama
Y
Y
Iguro
Y
Y
Watanabe
S
S
Taira
A
A
D000368:Aged; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications