Totally endoscopic off-pump bilateral internal thoracic artery bypass grafting

Fadi Farhat; Stéphane Aubert; Pascale Blanc; Olivier Jegaden

doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.05.058

Totally endoscopic off-pump bilateral internal thoracic artery bypass grafting

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004 Oct;26(4):845-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.05.058.

Authors

Fadi Farhat¹, Stéphane Aubert, Pascale Blanc, Olivier Jegaden

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Unit 31, Professor Jegaden, Hôpital Pradel, Claude Bernard University, INSERM E0226, 28, avenue du doyen Lepine, 69677 Bron Cedex, France. fadi.farhat@chu-lyon.fr

PMID: 15450591
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.05.058

Abstract

The introduction of robotic assistance has enabled totally endoscopic closed chest procedures, most often by left internal thoracic artery to left (LITA) anterior descending. Endoscopic stabilizers have made off-pump surgery feasible. We report the first case of a totally endoscopic off-pump bilateral ITA grafting in a 58-year-old patient.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
Feasibility Studies
Humans
Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
Robotics / methods