title: Porcelain aorta in coronary artery bypass graft operations: an alternative approach.
abstract: Porcelain aorta represents a serious condition for coronary artery bypass graft operations. Here we describe a simple technique to avoid any aortic manipulation during an off-pump coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The right internal thoracic artery is used as the source of blood inflow for single or sequential venous grafts. We have used this technique with good results in 5 elderly patients with eggshell aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Villa Maria Cecilia, Cotignola, Italy. grescigno@libero.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rescigno
authors.forename: Pier Maria
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Pensa
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muti
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiarella
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lamarra
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noera
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases; D002114:Calcinosis; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000601:surgery*