Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB) for re-operation in a 85 year-old patient
Sakurada, T.; Kikuchi, Y.; Koushima, R.; Kusajima, K.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 51(7): 566-569
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 9666660 Document Number: 497013
An 85-year-old male, who had undergone aorto-coronary bypass grafting to left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) using saphenous vein graft (SVG) seventeen years before, was operated with minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB) without cardiopulmonary bypass. LAD was anastomosed with the in situ left internal thoracic artery through a limited anterior thoracotomy. The postoperative angiography showed patent graft, and the patient has been doing well without any complications. MIDCAB is a useful technique even for re-operation of coronary diseases in selected cases.