title: Value of multislice CT scan in redo cardiac surgery with previous Lita graft.
abstract: Redo cardiac surgery is commonly performed in the current era. We describe a clinical scenario in a patient with a patent left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery graft, requiring replacement of ascending aortic aneurysm with previous coronary artery bypass operation complicated by mediastinitis. A pre-operative 64 slice computed tomographic scan helped us plan and perform replacement of ascending aorta safely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia. drpankajsaxena@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Rohan Vanden
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Driesen
authors.forename: Mark A J
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*