title: Left common carotid artery as inflow site in coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Porcelain aorta is associated to significantly increased risk of atheromatous embolization in patients who undergo cardiac surgery. We described three cases in which coronary artery bypass grafting was performed off-pump and the saphenous vein graft was anastomosed proximally to the left common carotid artery. This technique permitted avoidance of ascending aortic manipulation and reduce the risk of atheromatous embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agrifoglio
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barili
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porqueddu
authors.forename: Samer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kassem
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dainese
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pompilio
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parolari
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Biglioli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male