Minimally invasive coronary bypass without general endotracheal anesthesia.
This report describes the case of a 51-year-old man with myocardial ischemia resulting from in-stent restenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery who underwent a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass using thoracic epidural analgesia while awake, without general endotracheal anesthesia.
Zenati
M A
MA
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. zenatim@msx.upmc.edu
Paiste
J
J
Williams
J P
JP
Strindberg
G
G
Dumouchel
J P
JP
Griffith
B P
BP
D000770:Anesthesia, Endotracheal; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents