title: Robotic mammary artery harvest and anastomotic device allows minimally invasive mitral valve repair and coronary bypass.
abstract: We report the case of a 60-year-old man requiring combined mitral valve repair and coronary artery bypass grafting. A unique minimally invasive approach was used combining robotic internal mammary artery harvesting, partial lower sternotomy, and single vessel coronary artery bypass grafting using an automated distal coronary artery anastomotic device. Issues in approaching the commonly encountered patient with mitral valve disease and coronary artery disease using minimally invasive techniques are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA. sloane.guy@va.gov
authors.forename: T Sloane
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brzezinski
authors.forename: Martin M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stechert
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery