title: [Re-coronary artery bypass grafting using a MIDCAB technique in a patient with a patent RITA-LAD graft].
abstract: In a patient with a patent RITA-LAD (right internal thoracic artery-left anterior descending artery) graft, re-CABG (re-coronary artery bypass grafting) with re-median sternotomy has been a high risk procedure. A 56-year-old male underwent 4-CABG (RITA-LAD, LITA-Dx, SVG-PL, and SVG-RCA) nine years ago. Coronary angiography showed that the RITA-LAD graft was well patent, but there was 95% stenosis distal to RITA-LAD anastomosis site. We performed re-CABG (right gastroepiploic artery-LAD; RGEA-LAD), using MIDCAB (minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass) technique with neither re-median sternotomy nor cardiopulmonary bypass. The right gastroepiploic artery was harvested through a small upper median laparotomy and anastomosed to LAD through a small left anterior thoracotomy. The postoperative course was uneventful. This technique seems to be useful for re-revascularization of the LAD in a patient with a patent RITA-LAD graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery III, Nara Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasukawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nezu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency