Coronary-coronary bypass grafting to reduce the risk of aortic atheroembolism.
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.
Yalcinkaya
Adnan
A
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. adnanyalcinkaya@gmail.com
Cagli
Kumral Ergun
KE
Ulas
Mahmut M
MM
Okten
Sarper R
SR
Cagli
Kerim
K
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