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  • Title: [Re-do coronary artery bypass grafting with the descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex artery in a patient with chronic hemodialysis].
    Author: Tamura Y, Okiyama M, Tsuda T, Toyama M.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 2003 Nov; 56(12):997-1001. PubMed ID: 14608920.
    Abstract:
    A 52-year-old man with hemodialysis had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to left anterior descending artery (LAD), right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA) to posterolateral branch (PL), saphenous vein graft (SVG) to diagonal artery (Dx) 5 years previously. After 3 years, angiography was performed due to recurrence of angina pectoris and revealed RGEA and SVG was totally occluded. Since repeated intervention was unsuccessful, reoperation was necessary. Therefore, we performed re-do CABG without cardiopulmonary bypass using lateral femoral circumflex artery (LFCA) as an arterial conduit for myocardial revascularization via the 6th left intercostal posterolateral thoracotomy. Postoperative angiography showed that the LFCA bypass graft was patent and supplied sufficient blood to anastomosed vessel. The patient has had no angina pectoris subsequently. We believe this procedure is useful for re-do myocardial revascularization, and LFCA deserves to be taken into account as an alternative graft in a patient with chronic hemodialysis.
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