Reoperative Off-Pump Right Subclavian Artery to Right Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Without Full Sternotomy
Articles > Article · 2011
Authors: Anıl Ziya APAYDIN, Emrah OĞUZ, Hakan POSACIOĞLU, Tanzer CALKAVUR, Fatih AYIK, Soysal TURHAN, Oğuz YAVUZGİL, Naim CEYLAN
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2011, vol 26, pp 148-150
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01216.x
Summary
P>Stenosis or occlusion of a large right coronary artery or its vein grafts in symptomatic patients who underwent previous bypass grafting procedure with patent left-sided grafts is mostly managed by percutaneous interventions. When percutaneous interventions fail, it is a difficult decision to reoperate on a such patient for a single-vessel disease considering the risk of resternotomy. We present our technique which involves small anterior thoracotomy and partial sternotomy. (J Card Surg 2011;26:148-150).