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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:894-895
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Accepted for publication September 5, 1991.
* Address reprint requests to Dr Tanaka, Department of Thoracic Surgery. Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya 466, Japan.
A case in which a patient with stenoses of the right and left coronary ostia and heavy calcification of the aorta caused by Takayasu's disease was successfully treated by coronary artery bypass grafting is presented. The aortic ends of the two grafts were attached to a xenopericardial patch, which was sutured into the ascending aorta. This technique can be done without fine sutures, which are required for proximal anastomosis of a vein graft, and may reduce the risk of ostial stenosis.
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