Off pump coronary artery bypass surgery in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting has not been previously reported in the Nigeria Medical Literature. We report the case performed in our institution of a 56 year old Nigerian female who underwent Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (OPCAB) for an ostial lesion of the Left Anterior Descending Coro...

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Autores principales: Sanusi, Michael, Falase, Bode, Ismail, Salisu, Majekodunmi, Adetinuwe, Johnson, Adeyemi, Ajose, Ifeoluwa, Oke, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23734267
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.14.122.2255
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Sumario:Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting has not been previously reported in the Nigeria Medical Literature. We report the case performed in our institution of a 56 year old Nigerian female who underwent Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (OPCAB) for an ostial lesion of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery. The Left Internal Mammary Artery was successfully anastomosed to the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery. The patient was discharged home after 2 weeks, following correction of problems with glycemic control.

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