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Sextuple coronary artery bypass grafting using only in situ arterial conduits
T Ishida1, H Nishida, Y Tomizawa
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
Abstract:
Sequential bypass in coronary artery bypass grafting with in situ arterial conduits, the bilateral internal thoracic arteries and the right gastroepiploic artery, is one of the most important procedures using a limited number of in situ arterial conduits to revascularize a wide area, although it demands rather difficult techniques. We report a case of a 50-year-old man who underwent sextuple bypass using only in situ arterial grafts with three sequential anastomoses.