title: Combined off-pump coronary surgery and left lung resection through midline sternotomy with a Medtronic Starfish 2 Heart Positioner.
abstract: Concomitant lung malignancy and coronary artery disease is uncommon. When the left lung is involved, the approach is considered to be staged or through left thoracotomy. We present a patient who was operated on for left pneumonectomy and off-pump coronary surgery through a midline sternotomy with the use of a Medtronic Starfish 2 Heart Positioner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. erwintan@tiscali.nl
authors.forename: M E S H
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Van Boven
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Van Swieten
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*