Why the study?
Is minimally invasive coronary surgery with thoracoscopic LIMA dissection without cardiopulmonary bypass safe and feasible in patients requiring LAD revascularization?
Population
20 consecutive patients under age 80 requiring revascularization of the left anterior descending artery (LAD)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
Hospitalization (mean 6 days)
Authors
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Supports safety in small initial series; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Is minimally invasive coronary surgery with thoracoscopic LIMA dissection without cardiopulmonary bypass safe and feasible in patients requiring LAD revascularization?
Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting using thoracoscopic LIMA harvesting without cardiopulmonary bypass is feasible and safe, with no operative complications in an initial series of 20 patients.
Nataf et al. (1996) studied this question.
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