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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:728-729
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Anastomotic Obstruction After Magnetic Vascular Coupling After Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Uwe Klima, MD, PhD * , Theo Kofidis, MD, Janina Beilner, CM, Michael Maringka, MD, Stephan Kirschner, MD, Axel Haverich, MD, PhD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Accepted for publication November 11, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Dr Klima, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany (Email: klima{at}thg.mh-hannover.de).

We report a 61-year-old man who required reoperation 8 months after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting after magnetic vascular coupling due to a symptomatic subtotal obstruction at the anastomotic site. It was also determined that the patient had been noncompliant in following the prescribed postoperative antiplatelet therapy.




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