Abstract
Cases of complication of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease and malignant tumor are increasing with the prolongation of patients' age and the progression of treatment for malignant tumor.
From May 1985 to April 1986, we experienced seven patients with these lesions, all of when were male. Four patients had gastric cancer, two others had prostatic cancer and one had renal cancer.
We have done total of ten surgical treatments in these patients: A-C bypass grafting (1 case), abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy (2 cases), thoracic aortic aneurysmectomy (1 case), aorto-femoral bypass grafting (4 cases) and femoro-popliteal bypass grafting (2 cases). All cases showed improvement, and there were no early or late deaths.
To prolong life and improve its quality in these patients, surgical treatment should be done actively for arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease as well as in cases in which a malignant tumor is present and is not in the terminal stage.
