Development of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) in Thailand

Authors

  • Pradistchai Chaiseri Department of Surgery, Chest Disease Institute, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand

Abstract

In Thailand, the first close heart surgery was performed by Professor Smarn Muntarbhorn at Chulalongkorn Hospital in 1953. In 1959, he also performed the first open heart surgery. The first period of heart surgery in Thailand was mainly for congenital and valvular heart diseases. It was until 1974 when coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) was firstly commenced by Professor Prinya Sakiyalak at Siriraj Hospital on which the patient was referred by Dr. Tada Chakorn from Central Chest Hospital which was supposed to be the best cardiac catheterization laboratory in Thailand during that time. He performed two saphenous vein grafts anastomosed to LAD & RCA by beating heart technique1.

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2019-11-19

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Chaiseri P. Development of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) in Thailand. Thai J Surg [Internet]. 2019 Nov. 19 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];31(2). Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiJSurg/article/view/225873

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Vol. 31 No. 2 (2010): April - June

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