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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001;19:362-364
© 2001 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Coronary artery bypass grafting after pneumonectomy

Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Received 11 September 2000; received in revised form 30 November 2000; accepted 29 December 2000.

Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, P.O. Box 113-6044, Beirut, Lebanon. Tel.: +961-1-353465; fax: +961-1-744464
e-mail: ghassanj{at}aub.edu.lb

The need to perform coronary artery bypass grafting in patients who have a single lung is not uncommon. To date, the safety of such procedures has not been well documented. In this article, we review the literature using the Medline 1966 to September 2000 database to identify patients with pneumonectomy who underwent coronary artery grafting and we provide a compilation of all reported cases. We also present an additional case in whom the use of nasal bilevel positive airway pressure was beneficial in preventing postoperative pulmonary complications.

Key Words: Cardiac surgery • Coronary artery bypass • Pneumonectomy • Mechanical ventilation

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