THE T-SHAPED THORACOTOMY FOR PERICARDIECTOMY AFTER MIDLINE CROSSED IMA GRAFTING

Authors
OKAMOTO H MORITA S FUJIMOTO K NIIMI T YASUURA K
Citation
H. Okamoto et al., THE T-SHAPED THORACOTOMY FOR PERICARDIECTOMY AFTER MIDLINE CROSSED IMA GRAFTING, The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, 46(2), 1998, pp. 97-98
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon → ACNP
ISSN journal
01716425
Volume
46
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
97 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-6425(1998)46:2<97:TTTFPA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In the presence of an internal mammary artery graft crossing the mid-s ternal line, a median sternotomy may jeopardize the graft and conseque ntly bring a hemodynamic compromise. We describe a case of successful radical pericardiectomy for postoperative constrictive pericarditis us ing a ''T-shaped'' thoracotomy in a 68-year-old male patient who had a right IMA graft to the left anterior descending coronary artery.