Description of Event or Problem · 1
THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS AND OPCAB X5 WAS PERFORMED WITH THE LITA-LAD, SVG-DIAGONAL, SVG-OMI, SVG-OM2, AND SVG-PDA. THE DIAGONAL, OM1 AND PDA WERE ANASTOMOSED WITH AORTIC CONNECTORS (ACN-4550 X2, ACN-5560 X 1). POSTOP, THE PATIENT'S RECOVERY WAS UNREMARKABLE AND WAS PRESCRIBED 325 MG ASPIRIN DAILY WITHOUT PLAVIX. CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 15 DAYS POSTOPERATIVELY DEMONSTRATED THE SVG-DIAGONAL WAS OCCLUDED, THE SVG-OMI WAS OCCLUDED PROXIMALLY, AHD THE SVG-RCA WAS OPEN BUT "DISEASED WITH GRUMOUS MATERIAL" IN THE PROXIMAL TWO-THIRDS, THE SVG-CIRCUMFLEX WAS PATENT, AND THE LITA-LAD WAS PATENT WITH A SMALL "KINK" THAT DID NOT APPEAR TO LIMIT FLOW AND HAD GOOD DISTAL FILLING. ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTS WERE PLACED IN THE DIAGONAL, OM1, OM2, AND RCA.