The Layer Where the Coronary Arterial "Endarterectomy" Specimen Separates from the Underlying Artery

Charles S Roberts; William C Roberts

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.12.013

The Layer Where the Coronary Arterial "Endarterectomy" Specimen Separates from the Underlying Artery

Am J Cardiol. 2020 Mar 15;125(6):999-1000. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.12.013. Epub 2019 Dec 27.

Authors

Charles S Roberts¹, William C Roberts²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

PMID: 31980140
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.12.013

Abstract

Described herein is a patient who had a coronary endarterectomy at the time of coronary artery bypass grafting. Histologic study of cross-sections of the endarterectomy specimen disclosed that the layer of separation of the endarterectomy specimen from the underlying native artery was in the media. This layer or plane of excision is virtually always the media irrespective of the artery having the endarterectomy. The procedure might better be called "endomediaectomy?"

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Bypass*
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Coronary Vessels / surgery*
Endarterectomy*
Humans
Tunica Intima / pathology
Tunica Intima / surgery
Tunica Media / pathology*
Tunica Media / surgery