title: Coronary-coronary artery bypass for right coronary revascularization in patients undergoing graft replacement of the ascending aorta.
abstract: We describe a surgical case of coronary-coronary bypass grafting using the saphenous vein for revascularization of the right coronary artery during concomitant graft replacement of the ascending aorta. This technique of coronary revascularization can be used as an alternative to avert the need for a prosthetic graft to coronary artery bypass grafting in cases with potential problems of anastomotic mismatch because of thin saphenous vein graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Kiyotaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Tatsuho
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome