12 Aug 2013
Hybrid revascularisation in multivessel coronary artery disease
Selected in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery by Rylski
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Authors
Alberto Repossini, Maurizio Tespili, Antonio Saino, Igor Kotelnikov, Annalisa Moggi, Lorenzo Di Bacco, Claudio Muneretto
Reference
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 44 (2): 288-294
Published
July 2013
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Background
Minimally invasive hybrid revascularization (MIHR) by means of the left mammary artery on the left anterior descending artery (minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass – MIDCAB) combined with percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) is an alternative to conventional coronary artery bypass grafting or multiple PCI.
Major findings
- 166 patients underwent MIHR at a single institution
- 4 patients were conversed to sternotomy due to adhesions
- 106 underwent PCI prior to MIDCAB and remaining 60 after MIDCAB
- There were no intraoperative complications and no mortality
- In-hospital mortality was 1.2% (2/166)
- Complete revascularisation was achieved in all patients
- During the mean follow-up of 4.5 ± 2.3 years 5 patients died of cardiac and 3 of non-cardiac causes. In those with follow-up angiography (n=20) 100% patency rate of LIMA-LAD graft was observed
My comments
The authors presented excellent perioperative and long-term results for MIHR – hybrid coronary revascularisation, which combines the most proven efficacious treatment of cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologist, that is minimally-invasive coronary artery bypass on LAD and PCI for non-LAD lesions. This promising strategy integrates all the advantages of both techniques and is currently applied usually in high-risk patients. Reported revascularisation strategy shows again that close cooperation between cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists is mandatory to achieve the best results in coronary artery disease treatment.
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CABG is gold standard in revascularisation , but MIDCAB will be a palatable option , less messy for both patients and surgeons. The data is most encouraging and seems a game changer for cooperations between Physicians and surgeons. DR Aboo