Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery with right gastroepiploic artery for redo patients.
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been widely performed for coronary artery disease. Therefore, cases requiring reoperative CABG are increasing. We performed a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) procedure on four patients, as reoperative CABG surgery for the right coronary artery (RCA), employing the right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA). The target sites were the distal RCA in two patients and the posterior descending (PD) branch in the other two. Complete revascularization was accomplished in all patients without sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), or blood transfusion. The mean operative time was 3.0 h (range: 2.4-3.7 h). Postoperative coronary angiography showed all grafts to be patent. All patients were discharged without postoperative complications and remained free from cardiac events during a mean follow-up period of 1.5 years (range: 0.5-3.0 years). MIDCAB for the RCA, employing the RGEA via a subxiphoid incision showed, excellent revascularization in redo CABG cases. This technique is a safe and effective method for redo cases.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo heart center, Tokyo.
Hirofumi
H
Nakagawa
Akihiro
A
Nabuchi
Hirohito
H
Terada
Susumu
S
Hiranuma
Takuya
T
Miyazaki
Hiroshi
H
Okuyama
Masahiro
M
Endo
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D024405:Gastroepiploic Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061646:Operative Time; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome