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We report an axillocoronary bypass in a 70-year-old man with a severely atherosclerotic, calcified aorta. The patient had insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and had 2-vessel coronary artery disease with a lesion in the left main coronary artery. He underwent an axillary artery-circumflex artery bypass with a saphenous vein graft combined with a bypass of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending artery without aortic cross-clamping. An easy, safe procedure, axillocoronary bypass is a viable option in coronary artery bypass grafting for patients with severely atherosclerotic, calcified aortas.
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Izumi, Y., Yoshida, H., Hasegawa, S. et al. Axillocoronary bypass in a patient with a severely atherosclerotic aorta. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 48, 652–654 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218222
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218222