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Extra-Anatomic Redo Of Midcab And Opcab: An Early Experience., M C Sinclair, M Leboutillier, W Gee, Theodore Phillips, Raymond Singer
Extra-Anatomic Redo Of Midcab And Opcab: An Early Experience., M C Sinclair, M Leboutillier, W Gee, Theodore Phillips, Raymond Singer
Raymond L Singer MD
BACKGROUND: Eighteen patients with unstable angina underwent repeat myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass using saphenous vein grafts from either the left (13) or right (2) axillary arteries or the descending thoracic aorta (3). Patients' ages ranged from 53 to 85 years. Left ventricular ejection fractions ranged from 15% to 60%. METHODS: In 14 patients, the heart was exposed through an anterior thoracotomy, a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) technique. In 3 patients a left posterolateral thoractomy (lateral MIDCAB) was performed. One patient underwent repeat sternotomy (off-pump coronary artery bypass: OPCAB). In MIDCAB and lateral MIDCAB patients, the "target" …