title: Reversed-J inferior sternotomy for beating heart coronary surgery.
abstract: Median sternotomy or combined multiple minimally invasive approaches are currently used to revascularize patients with multivessel coronary artery disease on the beating heart. We present here a new alternative approach for minimally invasive coronary surgery on the beating heart: the reversed-J inferior sternotomy. Through this approach, the left anterior descending, diagonal, and right coronary arteries can be revascularized via a single minimally invasive approach.
authors.affiliation: Thorax Center, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. j.g.grandjean@thorax.azg.nl
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Grandjean
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Canosa
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Boonstra
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*