Surgical treatment of chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery: a case report
TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, vol.20, no.2, pp.352-354, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 20 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.066
- Journal Name: TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.352-354
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No
Abstract
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.