[Re-coronary artery bypass grafting using a MIDCAB technique in a patient with a patent RITA-LAD graft]

Kyobu Geka. 1999 Nov;52(12):1025-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

In a patient with a patent RITA-LAD (right internal thoracic artery-left anterior descending artery) graft, re-CABG (re-coronary artery bypass grafting) with re-median sternotomy has been a high risk procedure. A 56-year-old male underwent 4-CABG (RITA-LAD, LITA-Dx, SVG-PL, and SVG-RCA) nine years ago. Coronary angiography showed that the RITA-LAD graft was well patent, but there was 95% stenosis distal to RITA-LAD anastomosis site. We performed re-CABG (right gastroepiploic artery-LAD; RGEA-LAD), using MIDCAB (minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass) technique with neither re-median sternotomy nor cardiopulmonary bypass. The right gastroepiploic artery was harvested through a small upper median laparotomy and anastomosed to LAD through a small left anterior thoracotomy. The postoperative course was uneventful. This technique seems to be useful for re-revascularization of the LAD in a patient with a patent RITA-LAD graft.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
  • Coronary Disease / surgery
  • Epigastric Arteries / transplantation
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Myocardial Revascularization*
  • Reoperation
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Patency