title: Upper hemisternotomy as conversion from minimally-invasive coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: A seventy-year-old man was admitted to hospital for ischemic heart disease and abdominal aortic aneurysm. In the cardiac procedure, we employed a technique for conversion from minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting. This technique entailed cardiopulmonary bypass using standard instruments and technique, and the exposure for grafting was the same as for the simple minimally-invasive coronary artery bypass grafting. Moreover, the incision we reported in this case was simply extendable even to a full sternotomy if necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotsuka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*