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The patient was a 77-year-old female who had been treated medically for angina pectoris since 5 years ago. Expanded aneurysms in the distal aortic arch and in the descending thoracic aorta were seen during follow-up. She presented continuous backpain at rest along with increasing size of the aneurysms despite antihypertensive therapies after admission. First, two saphenous vein grafts were anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery and obtuse marginal artery under beating heart Next, the proximal portion of the left subclavian artery was clamped and divided. To this graft, the proximal ends of the coronary bypassed vein grafts were anastomosed and coronary perfusion was established and maintained until this artery was anastomosed to the aortic graft. Then, the aneurysms in the distal arch and descending thoracic aorta were excised and the aorta and its two pairs of intercostal arteries were reconstructed. The Postoperative course was uneventful with favorable cardiac function.
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Ohtani, N., Kiyokawa, K., Asada, H. et al. Thoracic aortic aneurysm complicated with severe coronary arterial occlusive disease. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 48, 247–250 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218133
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