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Percutaneous vertebral angioplasty before coronary artery bypass grafting

Authors :
Wahei Mihara
Akinobu Sasaki
Ikuo Fukuda
Seigo Gomi
Source :
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 69(3)
Publication Year :
2000

Abstract

We report a case of a 63-year-old male with three-vessel coronary heart disease complicated by stenosis of the bilateral vertebral arteries. Triple coronary bypass grafting, using arterial conduits, was successfully performed after percutaneous balloon angioplasty of the left vertebral artery. Precedent angioplasty of a stenotic vertebral artery is safe and protects the brain from ischemia during extracorporeal circulation.

Details

ISSN :
00034975
Volume :
69
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Annals of thoracic surgery
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....bfce8b636cc28ed644228470ab6540dc