title: [Modification of repeat lateral minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass; left axillary artery to circumflex artery bypass].
abstract: A 69-year-old man underwent triple coronary artery bypass graftings [LITA (left internal thoracic artery)-LAD (left anterior descending artery), SVG (saphenous vein graft)-PD (postac-descending artery), SVG-PL (postero-lateral artery)] 11 years previously. Recently, angina pectoris occurred due to the graft disease of SVG-PL. A repeat modified lateral minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) [left axillary artery-PL using SVG] was performed. The left axillary artery was chosen as inflow vessel for coronary artery bypass graft because of the difficult descending aorta and patent LITA-LAD. Postoperative course was uneventful. The left axillary artery to circumflex artery bypass could be one of the option of the lateral MIDCAB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery III, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome