Minimally invasive single-vessel coronary artery bypass with the internal thoracic artery and early postoperative angiography: midterm results of a prospective study in 120 consecutive patients

Autor: Luiz Francisco Poli de Figueiredo, Salomon S. Ordinolla Rojas, Sérgio Almeida de Oliveira, Luís Alberto Oliveira Dallan, Luiz Augusto Ferreira Lisboa
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: The Annals of thoracic surgery. 73(2)
ISSN: 0003-4975
Popis: Background . This prospective study was undertaken to determine the role of the minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass with early postoperative angiography and midterm follow-up in 120 consecutive patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease. Methods . Minimal access (6 to 10 cm), without complete sternotomy and no cardiopulmonary bypass, was used. The lesions were located at the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery in 95% of the patients. Routine coronary angiography was performed before discharge. Results . Postoperative angiography was performed in 104 (90.4%) of those 115 patients who had coronary revascularization concluded by the mini-access method. The internal thoracic artery patency rate was 98.1% (95.2% grade A). Two (1.7%) patients presented with perioperative myocardial infarction, which led to the single in-hospital death (0.8%). Of the remaining 119 patients, 113 (95.0%) were asymptomatic. The event-free probability was 94.9% and the actuarial survival was 98.3% with 42 months of follow-up. Conclusions . For selected patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease and no major myocardial dysfunction, minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass is a safe operation and a less invasive alternative to conventional coronary artery bypass grafting.
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