Coronary Bypass With the Free Internal Thoracic Artery to Treat Anomalous Right Coronary Artery

Mario Gaudino; N Bryce Robinson; Irbaz Hameed; Leonard N Girardi

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.063

Coronary Bypass With the Free Internal Thoracic Artery to Treat Anomalous Right Coronary Artery

Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 May;109(5):e371-e373. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.063. Epub 2020 Jan 24.

Authors

Mario Gaudino¹, N Bryce Robinson², Irbaz Hameed², Leonard N Girardi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cornell Medicine, New York, New York. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

Abstract

The surgical treatment of anomalous origin of the coronary artery remains controversial. We present 3 cases of young adults who underwent free right internal thoracic artery to right coronary artery bypass for the treatment of symptomatic anomalous origin of the right coronary artery.

MeSH terms

Adult
Computed Tomography Angiography
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
Coronary Vessels / surgery
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Mammary Arteries / diagnostic imaging
Mammary Arteries / surgery*

Grants and funding

R01 HL152021/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States