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Watershed infarction after combined coronary and axillobifemoral bypass surgery

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Watershed infarction sometimes causes a neurological disorder due to hypoperfusion of the brain during cardiac surgery. Here we report a case in which watershed infarction developed after combined coronary artery bypass and axillobifemoral bypass surgery.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, 890-8520, Kagoshima, Japan

    Masaaki Koga, Shinji Shimokawa, Yukinori Moriyama, Yoshifumi Iguro, Shunichi Watanabe & Akira Taira

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Koga, M., Shimokawa, S., Moriyama, Y. et al. Watershed infarction after combined coronary and axillobifemoral bypass surgery. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 48, 258–260 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218136

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