Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting via a lower ministernotomy for left anterior descending artery myocardial bridging: mid-term results |
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Authors: | Ahmed Ghazy Hesham Alkady Ahmad Abugameh Katja Buschmann Rayan Chaban Nalan Schnelle Angela Kornberger Andres Beiras-Fernandez C-F Vahl |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Mainz University Hospital, Mainz, Germany;2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;3. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Center for Heart and Circulatory System, Rotenburg An der Fulda, Germany |
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Abstract: | Open in a separate window OBJECTIVESCoronary artery bypass grafting or supra-arterial myotomy is now suggested as a better therapeutic option in myocardial bridging (MB) when medical treatment fails to control symptoms. For left anterior descending (LAD) MB, minimally invasive coronary artery bypass via a lower ministernotomy can be offered.METHODSForty-four consecutive patients who underwent elective minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery from 2005 to 2014 via an inferior sternotomy using the left internal mammary artery as a bypass graft for LAD MB were evaluated retrospectively.RESULTSThe mean age was 59.1 ± 13.1 years with 26 (59%) men and 18 (41%) women. The mean body mass index was 27.2 ± 3.9 and the mean EuroSCORE II was 1.6 ± 1.8. Routine coronary multislice computed tomography angiography on the 6th postoperative day revealed 97.7% graft patency. During the initial hospital stay, 1 patient (2.3%) underwent a reoperation for early graft failure. Forty patients (91%) could be followed up for a mean period of 64.4 ± 24.5 months after the procedure, during which 2 patients (4.5%) died of non-cardiac causes and 9 patients (20.5%) underwent postoperative coronary angiography with confirmed graft occlusion in only 1 case (2.3%). The improvement in the distribution of patients in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society class 0 was from 4 patients (9%) preoperatively to 37 patients (84%) at the end of the follow-up period (P-value 0.001).CONCLUSIONSMinimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery via a lower ministernotomy may be safe and efficient for treating LAD artery MB with acceptable complication rates, cosmetic benefits and patency rates. |
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Keywords: | Myocardial bridging Myocardial ischaemia Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass Lower ministernotomy |
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