Reversed-J inferior sternotomy for beating heart coronary surgery.
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.
Grandjean
J G
JG
Thorax Center, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. j.g.grandjean@thorax.azg.nl
Canosa
C
C
Mariani
M A
MA
Boonstra
P W
PW
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*