Poor left ventricular function is not a contraindication for robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting.
Robotic technology has enabled performance of totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (TECABG). Published series on TECABG were primarily performed in low-risk patients, and little is known about the outcome after totally endoscopic coronary surgery in patients with severely impaired left ventricular function. We report successful endoscopic placement of a left internal mammary artery bypass graft to the left anterior descending artery using the daVinci robotic system in a patient with a severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.
Rehman
Atiq
A
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201-1595, USA.
Garcia
Jose
J
Deshpande
Seema
S
Fitzpatrick
Mollie
M
Odonkor
Patrick
P
Zimrin
David
D
Griffith
Bartley
B
Bonatti
Johannes
J
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*