Surgical treatment of chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery: a case report

Aykut, AHMET; Ozdemir, Coskun; ALTINKAYNAK, Yusuf; ACIKEL, Unal

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.066

Surgical treatment of chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery: a case report

Aykut K., Ozdemir C., ALTINKAYNAK Y., ACIKEL U.

TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, cilt.20, sa.2, ss.352-354, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.066
Dergi Adı: TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.352-354
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In this report, we present a case who was admitted to our hospital with complaints of effort-induced mild chest pain and palpitation. Although rarely seen, chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery was detected. After a successful coronary artery bypass graft surgery in which the left internal mammary artery was anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery and a saphenous vein graft to the circumflex artery, the patient recovered well. He remained asymptomatic within a follow-up period of six months after the surgical treatment.