Authors

1 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Al-Sulaymaniyah and Department of Cardiac Surgery

2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Slemani Cardiac Hospital, Al-Sulaimaniyah

3 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Al-Sulaymaniyah, IRAQ.

Abstract

Diffusecoronaryarterydisease(CAD)isasurgicalchallengeinwhichconventionalcoronary arterybypassgrafting(CABG)maynotachieveadequatemyocardialrevascularizationunless adjuvantproceduressuchascoronaryendarterectomyandcoronarypatchangioplasty(CPA) areadded.Theaimofthisprospectivestudyistoevaluatetheoutcomeoftheseproceduresin ourinstitution in viewofthe relevantliterature.
DataofallpatientswhounderwentCPA±CABGbyonesurgeoninourinstitution  (n=22) betweenApril2018andApril2019werecollected.Patientsunderwentopencoronary endarterectomyandonlaypatchofleftinternalmammaryartery(LIMA)oravenouspatchunder cardiopulmonarybypass(CPB).
Of167CABGprocedures,22werecombinedwithCPA.Therewere15(68.2%)males.Age rangedbetween43-72yearswithameanof59.patientsincluded19isolatedleftanterior descendingarteries(LADs),tworightcoronaryarteriesandoneobtusemarginalbranch.The CPBtimewas88-198minutesandtheaorticcrossclamptimewas40-125minutes.The patientshad(includingLAD)2-4vesseldiseases.TheaverageICUstaywas29±14hoursand meanhospitalstaywas5dayswithnocomplicationsapartfromatrialfibrillation(n=4,18.2%). Thefollow-upperiodrangedfrom4to14months.Onthe40thpostoperativeday,coronaryCT angiographyrevealedpatentgrafts.Nopatientdied duetoCAD.
Inconclusion,coronaryendarterectomyandangioplastyisasafeandhighlyrewarding procedure in potentiallyinoperable patients with diffusecoronaryartery disease.
 
Keywords:Coronaryarterydisease,endarterectomy,angioplasty,venous,patch,leftanterior descending, left internal mammaryartery.

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