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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:831-832
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Anastomosis to the wrong vessel during off-pump bypass surgery via mini-thoracotomy

Christof Schmid, MDa, Tonny D.T. Tjan, MDa, Karl J. Henrichs, MDb, Dietrich Boppert, MDb, Hans H. Scheld, MDa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet, Muenster, Germany
b Department of Cardiology, County Hospital, Luedenscheid, Germany

Accepted for publication August 12, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Schmid, Klinik für Thorax-, Herz- & Gefaesschirurgie, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, 48149 Muenster, Germany

Recently, minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft operation has been established as a new treatment strategy for cardiac surgeons. We report on a patient who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass graft operation through a mini-thoracotomy to the wrong coronary artery (first diagonal) with consecutive successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the vessel involved (left anterior descending coronary artery) to demonstrate a special risk that is associated with this kind of operation.






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