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The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 February;49(1):125-8

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Single proximal anastomosis for multiple vein coronary artery bypasses in diseased ascending aorta

Cebi N. ^{1, 2}, Walterbusch G. ^{2, 3}

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Istanbul Medicine Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey 2 Cardiac Research Unit University Witten-Herdecke, Dortmund, Germany 3 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery St. Johannes-Hospital-Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Minimization of the manipulation of the diseased ascending aorta has been shown to be associated with a reduced risk of postoperative stroke during coronary artery bypass surgery. We describe in this paper a novel method in which a single proximal anastomosis has been performed in the same ostium on the ascending aorta for multiple coronary artery vein grafts.