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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2328-2329
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Severe diffuse atherosclerotic lesions of right gastroepiploic artery graft

Toshiya Koyanagi, MDa, Shunei Kyo, MDa, Ryozo Omoto, MDa, Shin-ichi Ban, MDb, Motohide Takahama, MDb

a Department of Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan
b Department of Pathology, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan

Address reprint requests to Dr Koyanagi, Sakakibara Memorial Hospital, 2-5-4 Yoyogi, Shibuyaku, 151-0053 Tokyo, Japan

The incidence of arteriosclerosis of the right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA) has not been widely known. We experienced one patient in whom the RGEA had severe diffuse atherosclerotic lesions and luminal narrowing, and was therefore determined to be unsuitable as a coronary bypass conduit at operation.






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