Same-day combined coronary angioplasty and minimally invasive coronary surgery.
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.
Lewis
B S
BS
Department of Cardiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. lewis@tx.technion.ac.il
Porat
E
E
Halon
D A
DA
Ammar
R
R
Flugelman
M Y
MY
Khader
N
N
Merdler
A
A
Weisz
G
G
Uretzky
G
G
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