Myocardial revascularization with both internal thoracic arteries 25 years after delayed repair for aortic coarctation.
Aortic coarctation has been reported to cause alterations in the internal thoracic arteries that make these vessels unsuitable to be used as grafts for myocardial revascularization, especially if coarctation repair was performed in adulthood. This is the first reported bilateral internal thoracic grafting for myocardial revascularization in a patient who had undergone aortic coarctation repair 25 years earlier.
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy mgaudino@tiscali.it.
Mario
M
Gaudino
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Piero
P
Farina
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Federico
F
Cammertoni
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Massimo
M
Massetti
D000368:Aged; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
Aorta and great vessels; Coronary artery bypass graft; Coronary artery disease