The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 58, 869-871, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Drug infusion through a branch of the aortocoronary vein graft for refractory coronary spasm
H Mayumi, Y Kawachi, H Kohno, Y Akaiwa, M Hisahara, K Fukae, A Nakashima and H Yasui
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
We describe two cases of coronary artery spasm that occurred during open
heart operations and were treated by coronary artery bypass grafting.
Vasodilators and calcium antagonists were infused directly into the right
coronary artery via the side branch of the saphenous vein graft. Both
patients were weaned successfully from cardiopulmonary bypass.