[Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with calcified aorta].

Coronary artery bypass surgery in a 67-year-old male with severe calcified ascending aorta was performed without cardiopulmonary bypass under beating heart, utilizing the left internal thoracic artery graft. No neurological complication was observed and postoperative angiogram showed good graft patency. We think coronary revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass can be one of the safe and reliable methods to avoid complications associated with aortic cross clamping and aortic cannulation with severely calcified aorta.