PMID: 6986005Feb 1, 1980Paper

Innominate artery-coronary artery bypass graft in a patient with calcific aortitis

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
G Weinstein, D A Killen

Abstract

Calcification of the ascending thoracic aorta may make aortic cross-clamping dangerous and aorta-coronary artery bypass grafting impossible. A patient with a severely calcified ascending aorta owing to syphilitic aortitis presented such a problem. Sequential saphenous vein grafting was done to three coronary arteries, the proximal anastomosis being made to the noncalcified innominate artery. This technique may offer a practical solution to this problem.

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