title: Emergency off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) for left main coronary occlusion using rapid aorto-coronary perfusion.
abstract: 64 year old female with occluded left main after first injection brought to the operating room in extremis on IABP and maximum inotropes. LAD grafted with sapenous vein and immediate aorto-coronary perfusion. Circumflex grafted and patient taken to ICU. Patient discharged on POD #6 after echo shows normal ventricular with no wall motion abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA. paulckerr@msn.com
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Reginald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abraham
mesh_terms: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents