title: Functional and perfusional assessment with electrocardiograph-gated single photon emission computed tomography after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Because of limited surgical field, minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB) requires anastomosis to the distal portion of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) of the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) with the heart beating. Though the diameters of these arteries are very small, it is unknown whether blood flow sufficient for the LAD territory is obtained by bypass grafting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight patients with single-vessel disease of the LAD underwent MIDCAB with the LITA to the LAD and we evaluate the perfusion and function in the LAD territory by quantitative ECG-gated SPECT (QGS) with 99m-technetium sestamibi (MIBI) before and after operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intraoperatively measured diameters of the LITA and LAD at the site of anastomosis were 1.1+/-0.2 mm and 1.3+/-0.4 mm, respectively. The percentage increases in end-diastolic perfusion, regional ejection fraction and regional wall thickening in the anteroseptal area after MIDCAB were 136.3+/-11.7(p=0.071), 148.4+/-6.6(p=0.007) and 133.0+/-5.6(p=0.029), respectively (paired t-test, mean +/- SD %). Stress-rest MIBI SPECT indicated no ischemia in anteroseptal wall.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MIDCAB technique thus appeared to improve perfusion and function in the LAD territory despite bypass to the distal LAD, and ECG-gated MIBI SPECT using QGS software was very useful for evaluating the quality of anastomosis after MIDCAB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery III, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijo-cho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishizaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi