Myocardial revascularization and bilateral lung transplantation without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Coronary artery disease is occasionally encountered in lung transplant recipients and is a risk factor for perioperative complications and poor survival. Besides combined heart-lung transplantation, various techniques of myocardial revascularization can be performed before, or at the time of lung transplantation. We report herein a patient with end-stage bronchoemphysema and two-vessel coronary disease who underwent 'off-pump' coronary artery bypass graft immediately followed by bilateral lung transplantation.
Khatchatourian
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Clinics of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, 16 Rue Micheli-Ducrest, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Chevalley
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Spiliopoulos
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Licker
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D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000601:surgery