title: Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with brainstem ischemia.
abstract: We describe a 54-year-old male with severe coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease including right cerebellar infarction, total occlusion of the bilateral vertebral arteries, brainstem ischemia, and right cerebral infarction with significant right carotid artery disease. Repeated percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty had been performed, however, unstable angina was developed despite maximal medical treatment. Coronary artery bypass grafting was successfully undergone with use of propofol, application of the intra-aortic balloon pumping perioperatively, and mild hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass with alpha-stat blood gas management. The importance of preoperative evaluation of the intracranial circulation and management of cardiopulmonary bypass are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division II, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. ttsukube@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukube
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ataka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozaki
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015897:Comorbidity; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery