title: Coronary-coronary bypass grafting to reduce the risk of aortic atheroembolism.
abstract: Coronary-coronary bypass grafting refers to making anastomoses between two segments of the same coronary artery or between different coronary arteries, and provides less "touch" to the aorta, which is important for the patients with severely atherosclerotic ascending aorta. In this report we represent a case of a patient with extensive atherosclerotic aorta, in whom a saphenous vein graft was placed between the acute marginal and the posterior-descending branches of the right coronary artery during an off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. adnanyalcinkaya@gmail.com
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yalcinkaya
authors.forename: Kumral Ergun
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Cagli
authors.forename: Mahmut M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ulas
authors.forename: Sarper R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Okten
authors.forename: Kerim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cagli
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D017700:Embolism, Cholesterol / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012306:Risk; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control