title: Comparison of standard coronary artery bypass grafting and minimary invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting. Early and mid-term result.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We studied indications and problems involved in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB).
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared patients profiles, graft patency, stenosis severity, morbidity, mortality, long-term survival and freedom from cardiac accidents in 174 patients undergoing elective standard coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and 128 undergoing between January 1996 and March 1999.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No statistically difference was seen in gender, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, cerebrovascular accident, multi-vessel disease ratios, or left main trunk stenosis between 2 groups. Internal thoracic artery graft patency was 97% (114/118) and the rate of anastomotic stenosis (> 50%) was 9% (10/118) compared to 96% (213/221) in the MIDCAB group. The 3-year survival rate was 91% in the MIDCAB group and 92% in the CABG group and freedom from cardiac accidents, most involving pericutaneus transluminal coronary angioplasty retreatment, was 66% in the MIDCAB group and 88% in the CABG group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although patency and stenosis incidence did not differ between 2 groups, freedom from cardiac accidents was lower in the MIDCAB group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyohashi Heart Center, 21 Gobudori, Oyamacho, 441-8071 Toyohashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azuma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000592:standards*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency