Off-pump coronary bypass surgery for left main coronary artery stenosis 10 years after heart transplantation: case report.
A patient with asymptomatic left main coronary artery stenosis 10 years after heart transplantation was treated successfully with off-pump coronary bypass surgery using both mammary arteries. New advances in bypass surgery may decrease the risk of revascularization in cardiac transplant recipients.
Shaker
Walid
W
Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation, Louis Pradel Hospital, Claude Bernard University, BP Lyon-Monchat 69394, Lyon Cedex 03, France.
Farhat
Fadi
F
Chuzel
Marc
M
Montagna
Pietro
P
Sebbag
Laurent
L
Mikaeloff
Philippe
P
Jegaden
Olivier
O
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors