title: Off-pump coronary bypass grafting for kawasaki disease.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl, a known case of Kawasaki disease, presented with acute thrombotic occlusion of right coronary artery (RCA) with symptoms of acute angina and myocardial dysfunction. She underwent beating heart off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with right internal mammary artery (RIMA) grafted to distal RCA. Follow-up computed tomography angiogram revealed well-flowing RIMA with no obstruction or kink. This case highlights the importance of CABG as a safe and life-saving procedure in expert hands, even for children in emergent conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, International Institute of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Frontier Life Line Hospital, Dr. K. M Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sudeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Charumathi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dasarathan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Premsekar
authors.forename: Prashanth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaijyanath