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  • Title: Reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting via a left thoracotomy and a small laparotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass: report of a case.
    Author: Manabe T, Tobe M, Terada M, Ichikawa Y, Uranaka Y, Yamazaki I, Yano Y, Takanashi Y.
    Journal: Surg Today; 2001; 31(10):904-7. PubMed ID: 11759887.
    Abstract:
    A 66-year-old woman with aortic stenosis underwent an aortic root replacement with a composite graft and coronary artery reconstruction 2 years before presentation. On coronary angiography performed 2 years after operation, saphenous vein graft (SVG) to right coronary artery and SVG to first diagonal branch had both become totally occluded. SVG to left anterior descending artery showed 75% stenosis on the heel side of the distal anastomosis. The patient underwent a second coronary artery bypass via a left thoracotomy (the left internal thoracic artery was anastomosed to the first diagonal branch by interposing it with the left radial artery) and a small laparotomy (the right gastroepiploic artery was anastomosed to the right coronary artery) without a cardiopulmonary bypass. This approach is preferable to avoiding both a resternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass in patients requiring repeat surgery.
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