title: Anastomotic obstruction after magnetic vascular coupling after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: We report a 61-year-old man who required reoperation 8 months after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting after magnetic vascular coupling due to a symptomatic subtotal obstruction at the anastomotic site. It was also determined that the patient had been noncompliant in following the prescribed postoperative antiplatelet therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. klima@thg.mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Klima
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kofidis
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beilner
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maringka
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirschner
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haverich
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001331:Automation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation