Why the study?
Do minimally invasive surgical approaches combined with drug-eluting stents improve outcomes in symptomatic patients after CABG compared with conventional CABG?
Population
Patients presenting with recurrent symptoms after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)
Comparison
Minimally invasive surgical approaches combined… vs Conventional CABG
Design
Review
Authors
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May support hybrid strategies in select post-CABG patients; leaves open need for randomized trials to confirm event-free survival.
Do minimally invasive surgical approaches combined with drug-eluting stents improve outcomes in symptomatic patients after CABG compared with conventional CABG?
Minimally invasive, sternotomy-sparing, beating heart surgical approaches combined with drug-eluting stents may offer improved outcomes for patients requiring redo revascularization after CABG.
Mark W. Connolly (2003) studied this question.
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