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CASE REPORT
Successful hybrid coronary artery revascularisation in a patient with severe cerebrovascular disease: a new treatment option to minimise the risk of stroke
  1. Abhinay Challa1,
  2. Elizabeth Shaw1,
  3. Peter Pohlner2,
  4. Christopher Raffel1
  1. 1 Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia
  2. 2 Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Abhinay Challa, abhinay.challa{at}hotmail.com

Summary

Here we present a case involving a patient with severe distal left main coronary artery stenosis with extensive coexisting extracranial cerebrovascular disease where hybrid coronary artery revascularisation was successfully performed. This illustrates the potential for hybrid revascularisation in those patients with an inherit risk of stroke.

  • Cardiovascular medicine
  • Interventional cardiology
  • Ischaemic heart disease

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218603

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Literature review and case report written by AC. Reviewed by CR and ES, who elaborated on technical aspects of percutaneous intervention, as well as PP who provided insights regarding off-pump CABG and specifics regarding the operation.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.