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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:1349-1353
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Lesions of the Target Vessel During Minimally Invasive Myocardial Revascularization

Francesco Alessandrini, MD, Mario Gaudino, MD, Franco Glieca, MD, Nicola Luciani, MD, Felice Luca Piancone, MD, Marco Zimarino, MD, Gianfederico Possati, MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, and Department of Cardiology, "R. Calai" Hospital, Gualdo Tadino, Italy

Accepted for publication May 29, 1997.

Background. Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting has recently been introduced into cardiac surgery. In this report we discuss the incidence of surgically induced distal target vessel stenosis in patients who undergo the minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, which represents a major drawback of the procedure in our experience.

Methods. Doppler evaluation of mammary artery flow was performed postoperatively in all 55 patients who underwent minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting at our institution. Angiography was performed in the first 35 consecutive patients for control purposes and in 2 patients who complained of angina recurrence.

Results. In 32 of the first 35 consecutive patients, the anastomosis was found to be functioning normally and the distal left anterior descending artery was normal; in the remaining 3 patients we found mammary artery occlusion, anastomotic stenosis, and stenosis of the anastomosis and the distal left anterior descending artery in 1 patient each. A distal left anterior descending artery stenosis was found in the only 2 patients who underwent late angiography.

Conclusions. Surgically induced distal target vessel stenosis represents a major drawback of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in our experience. Further improvement in the means of achieving coronary artery occlusion, as well as in anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy, is mandatory before minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting can be confidently accepted into clinical practice.




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