Redo CABG through a Left Posterolateral Thoracotomy: A case report.
- Author:
Chang Min SONG
1
;
Mi Jung KIM
;
Seong Cheol JEONG
;
Woo Shik KIM
;
Yong Chul SHIN
;
Byung Yul KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center, Korea. 2000-87@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Coronary artery bypass;
Re-operation
- MeSH:
Aorta, Thoracic;
Coronary Artery Bypass;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Radial Artery;
Thoracotomy;
Transplants
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2008;41(3):366-368
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report there on a 46-year-old male patient whose angina recurred after a coronary bypass graft (CABG). Occlusion of the first diagonal branch was found on performing a coronary angiogram (CAG), and this occlusion had not previously been present. So, a redo-off pump CABG was performed via a left posterolateral thoracotomy. The anastomosis was made between the descending thoracic aorta and the diagonal branch by using the right radial artery. On the Multi-detector computerized tomography (MDCT) coronary angiogram conducted after the operation, it was confirmed that there was no abnormality in the anastomosis site. A Redo-CABG was successfully performed via left posterolateral thoracotomy in the patient whose disease was only at the diagonal branch.
