Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in a child with Kawasaki disease |
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Authors: | Akihiro Nabuchi and Tomoyoshi Sonobe |
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Affiliation: | Heart Disease Center, Yamato Seiwa Hospital, 9-8-2 Minami-Rinkan, Yamato 242-0006, Japan. |
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Abstract: | An 8-year-old girl with Kawasaki disease underwent surgical revascularization to the left anterior descending coronary artery on the beating heart via a left anterior short thoracotomy. Angiography 21 months after surgery showed excellent graft patency. This case--the first success in minimally invasive surgical coronary artery revascularization in a child in the world--suggests that minimally invasive methods are a reasonable alternative in coronary artery revascularization in a child with Kawasaki disease whose left anterior descending artery is the only requiring it. |
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Keywords: | CABG minimally invasive CABG Kawasaki disease beating heart |
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