title: Simultaneous thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair and coronary artery bypass grafting through median sternotomy.
abstract: Patients with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) often have severe ischemic heart disease. The determination of which condition to treat first is based on disease severity, but in some cases the conditions are equally severe. A 78-year-old woman received a diagnosis of a 59-mm TAAA and coronary artery stenosis. We performed simultaneous TAAA repair, using the patched aortoplasty method, and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through a median sternotomy. No perioperative complications occurred, the patient was discharged in stable condition, and early follow-up visits were uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Saga, Japan. Electronic address: a.furutachi@hotmail.co.jp.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furutachi
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Saga, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rikitake
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Saga, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Saga, Japan.
authors.forename: Eijiro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization Ureshino Medical Center, Saga, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods