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.
Fukase
Keigo
K
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji, 529 Saisyo Ko, Himeji, Hyogo 670-0981, Japan. keigofukase@power.odn.ne.jp
Mukohara
Nobuhiko
N
Yoshida
Masato
M
Ozaki
Nobuchika
N
Shida
Tsutomu
T
D000368:Aged; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male