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Utilizing a Patent Proximal Vein Graft Stump in a Case of Coronary Artery Reoperation
Author(s) -
Badmanaban Balaji,
Mole Damian,
Sarsam Mazin A.I.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.01905.x
Subject(s) - medicine , artery , ascending aorta , anastomosis , vein , right coronary artery , descending aorta , saphenous vein graft , cardiology , surgery , aorta , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
A patient was referred for coronary artery bypass reoperation. The right internal mammary artery (RIMA) was anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and a left radial artery graft (RA) was sequentially anastomosed to the posterior descending artery (PDA) and left ventricular branches (LVB) of the right coronary artery (RCA). The patent proximal stump of an occluded saphenous vein graft was used as an interposition segment to lengthen the RA graft, thereby avoiding the need for a further anastomosis on the ascending aorta. (J Card Surg 2003; 18:20‐21)