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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:946-948
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Off-pump obtuse marginal grafting with local stabilization: thoracotomy approach in reoperations

Fritz J. Baumgartner, MDa,b,c, Ali Gheissari, MDa,b,c, George P. Panagiotides, MDa,b,c, Eli R. Capouya, MDa,b,c, Richard J. Declusin, MDa,b,c, Taro Yokoyama, MD, PhDa,b,c

a St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, Califorinia, USA
b Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, California, USA
c St. John’s Regional Medical Center, Oxnard, California, USA

Address reprint requests to Dr Baumgartner, Pacific Cardiothoracic Surgery Group, St. John’s Regional Medical Center, 1700 N Rose Ave, Suite 440, Oxnard, CA 93030

Background. Redo coronary surgery in patients with patent internal mammary artery (IMA) grafts may be hazardous. A thoracotomy approach has been used to graft the circumflex branches to avoid injury from sternal re-entry. Combining this approach with off-pump revascularization techniques may be useful.

Methods. Seven consecutive patients who had undergone prior coronary revascularization developed symptoms attributable to lateral wall ischemia. Five of them had patent IMA grafts. These patients underwent off-pump obtuse marginal grafting using local immobilization techniques via a thoracotomy approach. Inflow was from the descending aorta in 6 patients and splenic artery in 1.

Results. Obtuse marginal grafting was successfully performed in all cases without need for cardiopulmonary bypass.

Conclusions. Off-pump obtuse marginal grafting via the thoracotomy route may be useful in redo coronary surgery, particularly in instances of patent IMA grafts.




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