title: Simultaneous carotid endarterectomy, coronary artery bypass grafting and abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery.
abstract: A case with a disease triad of an ulcerative lesion in the left internal carotid artery (LICA), severe coronary insufficiency, and an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is presented in whom we performed simultaneous carotid endarterectomy (CEA), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and Y-graft replacement of the AAA. The operative technique is detailed and justification of the simultaneous approach in such patients is discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Abul Hasan Muhammad
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Bashar
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Washiyama
authors.forename: Katsushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terada
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged