title: Same-day combined coronary angioplasty and minimally invasive coronary surgery.
abstract: Integrated myocardial revascularization combines the advantages of angioplasty, stenting, and minimally invasive surgery to revascularize patients with multivessel coronary artery disease without cardiopulmonary bypass. This pilot study showed that a new same-day management strategy, consisting of percutaneous coronary intervention followed immediately by minimally invasive surgery, was feasible and provided complete all-arterial revascularization with minimal surgical trauma, short hospital stay, and excellent early therapeutic result in 14 patients with multivessel coronary disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. lewis@tx.technion.ac.il
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Porat
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Halon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Flugelman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khader
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merdler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weisz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Uretzky
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors