conclusions to our knowledge, this is the first case of ctc that was identified incidentally in the retrocaval position and caused intermittent obstruction of vena cava. case presentation the present study reports on a 66-year-old female with coronary artery disease (cad) who was scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) at our hospital. during mediastinal exploration and pericardiot...

BACKGROUND Although minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS-CABG) has been shown to result in excellent clinical outcomes overall adoption rates still remain low. Traditional strategies for minimally invasive multivessel revascularization - usually performed through single-thoracotomy - have to deal with restricted grafting possibilities and possible increased susceptibility of...

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the standard treatment for advanced coronary artery diseases (CAD). Optimal placement of the bypass graft on the diseased vessel is very important. To assist the surgeon in this matter, a computer assistance system has been developed facilitating navigation on the heart surface. After retrospective validation on patient data sets yielded good results, t...

Surgical treatment for angina pectoris was first proposed in 1899. Decades of experimental surgery for coronary artery disease finally led to the introduction of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in 1964. Now that we are approaching 50 years of CABG experience, it is appropriate to summarize the advancement of CABG into a procedure that is safe and efficient. This review provides a histori...

We report a redo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in a 55-year-old man. Angina recurred 7 years after the initial surgery. Coronary angiography showed all patent grafts except a faint visualization of the in situ right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA) graft, which was anastomosed to the posterior descending coronary artery, associated with celiac axis stenosis. Redo-CABG was performed at post...

Diabetes mellitus, by virtue of myriad processes, including its effects reducing vascular nitric oxide and prostacyclin production and increasing endothelin, angiotensin II, tissue factor activity, and platelet activity (1,2), wreaks havoc on coronary and other arteries, leading to diffuse and often unstable coronary atherosclerosis. It is also a risk factor for poor outcomes after both percuta...

Received: March 15, 2011; Accepted: March 31, 2011 Corresponding author: Munetaka Masuda, MD. Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Fukuura 3-9, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan Email: [email protected] ©2011 The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights reserved. Role of Coronary Artery Bypass...

Anomalous origin of a coronary aortic artery is a rare cardiac anomaly. Although it can cause angina, syncope, and palpitations, most patients are asymptomatic. This anomaly requires surgical treatment or intervention because it is associated with sudden death. Several surgical techniques, such as coronary reimplantation, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), unroofing, and neo-ostium formati...

background: coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery is very traumatic and makes patients very nervous. since it is a main task of nurses to improve patients' comfort and safety, this study investigated the effect of therapeutic touch in cardiovascular patients' anxiety before cabg surgery. methods: in a controlled clinical trail study the simple random sampling was used to select 44 patient...