[Aortic valve replacement and repeat coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with a patent internal thoracic artery bypass graft; report of a case].
We report a case of aortic valve replacement and repeat coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with a patent internal thoracic artery bypass graft. A 77-year-old man, who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) 10 years ago, was admitted to the hospital for aortic stenosis and angina pectoris. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated severe aortic calcification with an 86 mmHg gradient across the aortic valve. Coronary angiography demonstrated the patency of all grafts and 90% stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery. At surgery, a full median sternotomy was performed. The adhesions around the heart and great vessels were severe and the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) was found adherent to the heart and sternum. The LITA and saphenous vein graft (SVG) graft were dissected carefully. Retrograde coronary sinus (CS) perfusion was performed with antegrade myocardial protection for cardiac arrest. We performed aortic valve replacement (AVR) with a 17 mm St. Jude Medical Regent Valve and CABG to the circumflex artery with the saphenous vein under cardiopulmonary bypass. His postoperative course was uneventful. He was discharged from our hospital without major complications.
Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Japan.
Yuki
Y
Okamoto
K
K
Shimura
M
M
Katsu
H
H
Inoue
S
S
Kaga
K
K
Ogata
S
S
Suzuki
S
S
Shindo
M
M
Matsumoto
D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation