title: Reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting via left thoracotomy and hypothermic fibrillation.
abstract: Left posterolateral thoracotomy approach for reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a useful alternative to median sternotomy. We describe use of a left posterolateral thoracotomy and hypothermic fibrillation for reoperative CABG in a patient with patent bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Sotiris C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Stamou
authors.forename: Nicholas T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Kouchoukos
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome