Off-pump myocardial revascularization for left main stem disease in a high-risk patient.
Off-pump complete myocardial revascularization for three-vessel disease is often limited by the difficulty to approach the obtuse marginal branches. A method of coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass used in a high risk patient with left main stem and three-vessel disease is described.
Louagie
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Division of Cardiovascular, University Clinics of Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. louagie@chir.ucl.ac.be
Gonzalez
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Schröder
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments