Contribution to technique of endarterectomy of the right coronary artery.

Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove)

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Králové.

Published: September 1997

We present our technique of performing endarterectomy of coronary arteries by means of injecting cardioplegic solution into the plane of dissection of the endarterium. This simple and gentle technique in combination with manual endarterectomy helps in separation of the core far into the periphery of the diseased vessel and thus helps to perform revascularization in patients with diffuse atherosclerotic changes. During the last 6 years (1991-1996) endarterectomy in coronary revascularization was used in 116 cases (it was 5.7 % (116/2031) of all myocardial revascularization procedures). On right coronary artery endarterectomy was used in 82 patients. Mortality rate in our group of patients was 4.88 % (4/82) and perioperative myocardial infarction developed in 4.88 % (4/82). According to our own experience with this technique of endarterectomy on right coronary artery we are convinced that in desperate patients with diffuse coronary artery disease our method can bring better and wider application of surgical treatment.

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