The results of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for patients with malignant disease
Yoshida, T.; Abe, S.
Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery 65(5): 364-367
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-5252 PMID: 22569492 Document Number: 661492
We performed off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) operations in 95 patients between April 2007 and September 2010, 6 of whom had malignant disease. The malignancies were multiple myeloma (1 patient), malignant lymphoma (1 patient), lung cancer (1 patient), breast cancer (1 patient), stomach cancer (1 patient), and liver cancer (1 patient). The mean number of distal anastomoses was 5. The mean length of postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) stay was 3.7 days, and postoperative hospital stay was 20.0 days. There was no hospital death, but we experienced uncontrollable ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) in the case of multiple myeloma. He was treated by implantation of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) before discharge. All cases underwent treatment of malignancies early after OPCAB except liver cancer case. Because the patient was diagnosed with liver cancer just before the OPCAB, he was examined on cancer after OPCAB. We conclude that OPCAB is safety performed in a patient with malignant diseaes.