Multivessel distal sutureless off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting procedure using magnetic connectors.
Proximal anastomotic devices for beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have been developed to avoid ascending aortic manipulation. Distal anastomotic devices may become an extremely useful tool to assist in enabling minimally invasive (robotic) multivessel CABG. As a transition phase toward this ultimate goal we have been using a distal anastomotic device for the left internal mammary artery-left anterior descending artery (LIMA-LAD) anastomosis. In addition we recently performed two off-pump coronary artery bypass procedures that were distally completely sutureless.
Casselman
Filip P
FP
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium. filip.casselman@olvz-aalst.be
Meco
Massimo
M
Dom
Helge
H
Foubert
Luc
L
Van Praet
Frank
F
Vanermen
Hugo
H
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000601:surgery; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077144:Clopidogrel; D013988:Ticlopidine; D001241:Aspirin