Off-pump coronary bypass using interposed radial artery graft

Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Dec;66(6):2096-8. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)01072-8.

Abstract

We describe a patient with severely diseased ascending aorta and small internal mammary arteries, who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass to the left anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary artery using composite arterial grafts consisting of the pedicled proximal internal mammary artery and interposed radial artery graft. The interposed radial artery graft provides advantages, such as making coronary anastomosis on the beating heart easier and to increasing the flow potentiality of the internal mammary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
  • Coronary Disease / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / methods
  • Radial Artery / transplantation*