A technique for salvaging a critical internal mammary artery bypass graft damaged during resternotomy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Resternotomy in the presence of a patent internal mammary artery graft poses an addition hazard to the reoperation. We describe a situation in which the patent mammary artery graft to the left anterior descending artery was severed and retracted during sternal reentry for an aortic valve replacement. We illustrate a simple technique for restoring the blood supply using a coronary artery shunt.
Medical subject headings
- Intraoperative Complications
- Mammary Arteries
- Salvage Therapy
- Sternum
- Transplants