Acute upper limb ischemia: a complication of coronary artery bypass grafting.

Fox, A D; Whiteley, M S; Phillips-Hughes, J; Roake, J · Ann Thorac Surg · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We present the case of a patient with acute upper limb ischemia after radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting. This occurred despite adequate preoperative and intraoperative assessment with the Allen test, hand-held Doppler and radial artery backbleeding. A successful outcome was achieved by performing brachioradial bypass grafting using reversed cephalic vein.

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