[Lateral femoral circumflex artery for coronary artery bypass surgery in a patient receiving hemodialysis: report of a case].

Abstract

A 59-year-old man receiving hemodialysis had a 2-vessel coronary disease. We performed double coronary artery bypass grafting with the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending artery, and the composite graft of right internal thoracic artery and lateral femoral circumflex artery to the right coronary artery. Postoperative coronary angiogram showed that the LFCA bypass graft was widely patent and supplied sufficient blood to the anastomosed vessel. There was no stenosis at the anastomotic site. He had no postoperative complication. Long-term follow-up and more cases is necessary to establish the usefulness of LFCA as an arterial free graft for coronary revascularization in patients receiving hemodialysis.

• Authors: S Imajo, I Kigawa, S Ito, S Miura, K Naito, S Yokota, Y Yamashita, S Fukuda, Y Wanibuchi
• Journal: Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery (Kyobu Geka) Vol. 55 Issue 5 Pg. 409-12 (May 2002) ISSN: 0021-5252 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 11995323 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Coronary Artery Bypass (methods)
• Coronary Disease (surgery)
• Femoral Artery (surgery)
• Humans
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (therapy)
• Male
• Mammary Arteries (surgery)
• Middle Aged
• Renal Dialysis