Reversed-J inferior sternotomy for beating heart coronary surgery

Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 May;67(5):1505-6. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00209-x.

Abstract

Median sternotomy or combined multiple minimally invasive approaches are currently used to revascularize patients with multivessel coronary artery disease on the beating heart. We present here a new alternative approach for minimally invasive coronary surgery on the beating heart: the reversed-J inferior sternotomy. Through this approach, the left anterior descending, diagonal, and right coronary arteries can be revascularized via a single minimally invasive approach.

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Disease / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Myocardial Revascularization / methods*
  • Sternum / surgery*