title: Application of Cabrol technique to off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting using radial artery.
abstract: We present the case of a Cabrol-type proximal anastomosis technique in off-pump coronary artery bypass. The patient was a 64-year-old man with significant stenoses on the left main, left anterior descending, and proximal right coronary artery. The obtuse marginal and right coronary arteries were anastomosed with both ends of a radial artery. For the proximal anastomosis during this procedure, we applied the Cabrol-type looping interposition technique. In selected patients, we suggest that this technique allows the effective use of graft length and can reduce a number of ascending aortic manipulations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sejong General Hospital, Sejong Heart Institute, Bucheon, Kyonggi-do, South Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Chan-Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Man-Jong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Sam-Sae
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000637:transplantation*