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Urgent coronary artery revascularization with different arteries
F Tarr1, A Somogyi, J Tomcsányi
1Haynal University of Health Sciences Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Centre, Department of Cardiovascular Clinic, Budapest, Hungary.
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This case report details a young man with severe left main coronary artery disease treated with complex arterial and venous bypass grafting. Successful surgical intervention restored coronary blood flow, preventing further life-threatening ventricular fibrillation events.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Interventional Cardiology
- Cardiac Surgery
Background:
- Advanced coronary artery disease involving the left main trunk and major coronary arteries presents a significant clinical challenge.
- Sudden onset ventricular fibrillation and unconsciousness indicate critical myocardial ischemia requiring immediate intervention.
Abstract:
Authors present the case report of a young man with advanced coronary artery disease of the left main trunk, and the large tributaries of the left coronary system, leading to sudden onset of many ventricular fibrillation, associated with unconsciousness requiring several reanimation. The condition was treated with coronary artery surgery with the use of three different arterial conduits (right radial artery, right gastroepiploic artery as free grafts and the left internal mammary artery in situ) with an additional saphenous vein bypass graft. Details of surgical activity as well as the documents of the early postoperative course and of the 1 month follow-up are described.