title: Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with tracheopathia osteoplastica.
abstract: Tracheopathia osteoplastica is a rare disease of the tracheobronchial tree, which is often misdiagnosed and recognised only at post-mortem. We report the case of a 66-year-old man with this condition, mistakenly thought to be suffering from chronic bronchiectasis. He underwent successful coronary artery bypass grafting for unstable angina using an off-pump technique. A case report and brief literature review is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK. sdevbhandari@aol.com
authors.forename: Mohan P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Devbhandari
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*