Combined coronary and lower extremity revascularization with thoracotomy: a case report
Ibrahim Arif Tarhan1, Mehmet Yilmaz, Ismail Yucesin Arslan
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Heart Surgery Forum
|June 29, 2007
Abstract:
Patients with the combination of coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease have multiple risk factors and manifest widespread vascular disease. Although indications of combined coronary and femoral revascularization are rare, a combined procedure is useful in selected patients. We report a patient who underwent a successful combined coronary and lower extremity revascularization with anterolateral limited thoracotomy.
