title: Coronary artery bypass grafting with left inferior epigastric artery as collateral.
abstract: We report a case of co-existent coronary and peripheral vascular disease with collaterals to the lower extremities in a 72-year-old female. The patient had triple-vessel coronary artery disease, an occlusion of the bilateral iliac arteries, and the left internal mammary-inferior epigastric artery collateral pathway was a major route to the lower extremities. Coronary artery bypass grafting and right axillo-bifemoral bypass were performed. The well-developed left inferior epigastric artery was used as a conduit to the circumflex artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital, Japan. osami47@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Osami
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Honjo
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oba
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shichijo
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yunoki
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suezawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*