Common hepatic artery as an inflow site for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
We used the common hepatic artery (CHA) as an inflow site for a saphenous vein graft bypass to the right coronary system during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. The CHA is a suitable inflow vessel to provide sufficient blood flow and a short-distance bypass in case both the ascending aorta and the gastroepiploic artery are considered inadequate.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji, 529 Saisyo Ko, Himeji, Hyogo 670-0981, Japan. keigofukase@power.odn.ne.jp
Keigo
K
Fukase
Nobuhiko
N
Mukohara
Masato
M
Yoshida
Nobuchika
N
Ozaki
Tsutomu
T
Shida
D000368:Aged; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male