title: Minimized extracorporeal circulation for the robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting hybrid procedure.
abstract: Robotically assisted totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting (TECAB) can be performed on the beating heart with cardiopulmonary bypass support in high-risk patients or patients for whom technical difficulties are expected with a complete off-pump approach. To minimize the inflammatory response and reduce the requirement for transfusion, minimized extracorporeal circulation is an attractive option for robotic TECAB procedures. The present report describes a case for which minimized extracorporeal circulation was used for the first time in TECAB performed using the da Vinci telemanipulation system.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lehr
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Odonkor
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonatti
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012371:Robotics; D016896:Treatment Outcome