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Case Reports
. 1980 Feb;79(2):312-3.

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

G Weinstein, D A Killen
  • PMID: 6986005
Case Reports

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

G Weinstein et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1980 Feb.

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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