Neema, Praveen KumarVijayakumar, ArunManikandan, SRathod, Ramesh Chandra2012-12-042012-12-042009Annals of cardiac anaesthesia. 12; 2; 133-5https://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/629The repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in the presence of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) carries a high-risk of adverse peri-operative cardiac event. The options to reduce cardiac risk include perioperative beta-blockade, preoperative optimization by myocardial revascularization and simultaneous (combined) coronary artery bypass grafting and aneurysm repair. We describe intra-operative controlled phlebotomy to optimize myocardial stress during repair of infrarenal AAA in a patient with significant stable CAD.Critical CareInfrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in presence of coronary artery disease: optimization of myocardial stress by controlled phlebotomy.