Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass: Early experience and follow-up

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1022-1025

  Diegeler, Anno ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Matin, Merajoddin ^a   Battellini, Roberto ^a   Walther, Thomas ^a   Autschbach, Rüdiger ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC ARTERIES; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032169392     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00703-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. 1. Kolessov VI. Mammary artery-coronary artery anastomosis as method of treatment for angina pectoris. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1967;54:535-44.
2. 2. Pfister AJ, Zaki MS, Garcia JM, et al. Coronary artery bypass without cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 1992;54: 1085-92.
3. 3. Benetti FJ, Naselli G, Wood M, Geffner L. Direct myocardial revascularization without extracorporeal circulation. Experience in 700 patients. Chest 1991;100:312-6.
4. 4. Buffalo E, Silva de Andrade JC, Branco JNR, Teles CA, Aguiar LF, Gomes WJ. Coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61: 63-6.
5. 5. Calafiore AM, Di Giammarco G, Teodori G, et al. Left anterior descending coronary artery grafting via left anterior small thoracotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:1658-65.
6. 6. Subramanian VA, Sani G, Benetti FJ, Calafiore AM. Minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery: a multi-center report of preliminary experience [Abstract]. Circulation 1995; 92(Suppl 1):645.
7. 7. Mack MJ, Acuff TE, Casimir-Ahn H, Lönn UJ, Jansen EWL. Video-assisted coronary bypass grafting on the beating heart. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63(Suppl 6):100-3.
8. 8. Nataf P, Lima L, Regan M, Pavie M, Cabrol C, Gandjbakhch I. Minimally invasive coronary surgery with thoracoscopic internal mammary artery dissection: surgical technique. J Card Surg 1996;11:288-92.
9. 9. Boonstra PW, Grandjean JG, Mariani MA. Improved method for direct coronary grafting without CPB via anterolateral small thoracotomy. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:567-9.
10. 10. Diegeler A, Falk V, Walther TH, Mohr FW. Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass without extracorporeal circulation. N Engl J Med 1997;336:1454-5.
11. 11. Jansen EWL, Gründeman PF, Mansvelt Beck HJ, Heijmen RH, Borst C. Experimental off-pump grafting of a circumflex branch via sternotomy using a suction device. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:S93-6.
12. 12. Flameng WJ. Role of myocardial protection for coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:S18-22.
13. 13. Barnea O, Santamore WP. Intraoperative monitoring of IMA-flow: what does it mean. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:S12-7.
14. 14. Falk V, Diegeler A, Walther TH, et al. Intraoperative patency control of arterial grafts in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft operation by means of endoscopic thermal coronary angiography. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997; 114:507-9.