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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:616-622
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons


Original Article: Cardiovascular

Minimally Invasive Versus Conventional Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass

Keith B. Allen, MD, Robert G. Matheny, MD, Robert J. Robison, MD, David A. Heimansohn, MD, Carl J. Shaar, PhD

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Indianapolis, Indiana


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Background. Conventional reoperative (redo) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with significant morbidity. This retrospective study compared perioperative outcomes of conventional single-vessel redo CABG versus redo CABG done by a minimally invasive technique.

Methods. Group A consisted of 23 consecutive patients from September 1995 to July 1996 who underwent single vessel redo CABG of the left anterior descending artery with the left internal mammary artery using a limited anterior thoracotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass; group B consisted of 12 consecutive patients from November 1984 to July 1994 who underwent the same procedure using a median sternotomy with cardiopulmonary bypass. The two groups were similar with regard to age, sex, preoperative ejection fraction, and risk stratification.

Results. Mortality, cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial infarctions, and reoperations for bleeding were not significantly different between the groups. However, the patients in group A had significant reductions in atrial fibrillation, time to extubation, transfusions required, and length of cardiac recovery and hospital stay. With a mean of 12 ± 6 months of follow-up, 87% of the patients in group A (20 of 23) are alive and asymptomatic. Actuarial survival rates for the patients in group B at 1, 2, and 10 years are 83%, 83%, and 72%, respectively.

Conclusions. Minimally invasive single-vessel redo CABG can be performed safely and may reduce the morbidity associated with conventional single-vessel redo CABG.


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See also page 622.

The incidence of reoperative (redo) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has increased because of the rise in the number of patients who have undergone initial CABG, many of whom had their operations in an era when the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) was not used routinely. In the past, conventional reoperation has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality, primarily as a result of surgical misadventure during repeated sternotomy, atheromatous emboli from patent but diseased vein grafts, and incomplete myocardial protection. Alternative strategies have evolved to circumvent these complications and include the more liberal use of femoral cannulation, the "no-touch" technique during cardiac dissection, antegrade-retrograde cardioplegia, and single aortic cross-clamping [1]. There remains, however, a subset of patients who are too high risk to undergo conventional redo CABG or who have only single-vessel left anterior descending artery (LAD) disease and might benefit from a less invasive approach to redo myocardial revascularization.

In selected patients who require redo revascularization of the circumflex artery, right coronary artery, and LAD, several reports have described the use of left or right thoracotomy as an alternative to sternal reentry [25]. These approaches often use formal thoracotomy in conjunction with femoral cannulation and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and cannot be termed minimally invasive. Recent reports of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) grafting of the LAD artery with the LIMA describe a limited anterior thoracotomy without CPB, but have reported only a few redo operations [6, 7]. This retrospective report compares perioperative outcomes observed in patients who underwent redo grafting of the LAD with the LIMA using a minimally invasive approach with those who underwent the same procedure using a conventional repeated sternotomy with CPB.


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Two groups of patients were identified who underwent single-vessel redo CABG of the LIMA to the LAD artery. Group A consisted of 23 consecutive patients from September 1995 to July 1996 who underwent a redo LIMA-to-LAD bypass using a MIDCAB approach without CPB. Group B consisted of 12 consecutive patients from November 1984 to July 1994 who underwent the same redo bypass procedure using repeated sternotomy and CPB. Patient demographics for the two groups are shown in Table 1Go. During the period in which the patients in group A were identified, 1,366 isolated coronary operations were performed, which included 132 redo procedures (9.6%).


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Table 1. . Patient Demographicsa
 
Candidates for redo MIDCAB (group A) either had single-vessel LAD disease and were not good candidates for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (n = 14), or they had single or multivessel disease and were perceived to be at high risk for CPB (because of renal insufficiency or failure, diffuse cerebrovascular or peripheral vascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, severe left ventricular impairment, or calcified aorta) and otherwise would have been denied the opportunity of a conventional redo operation at our institution (n = 9). Anatomic considerations for redo MIDCAB, as demonstrated angiographically, included a good-quality distal LAD that did not appear to be calcified or intramyocardial, and a patent LIMA.

Surgical Technique
Conventional redo CABG as performed in the patients in group B was carried out by standard methods similar to those historically described [10]. Current recommendations, such as the use of a no-touch technique and retrograde cardioplegia, were not used routinely during the period that the patients in group B were identified.

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting has been in continuous evolution since our first case in July 1995. Our experience involves 170 cases and includes the 23 redo MIDCAB operations reported in this series. The MIDCAB operation as described herein is our current technique. Anesthesia includes short-acting inhalation agents supplemented with low-dose narcotics and propofol; most patients are extubated at the conclusion of the case. A single lumen endotracheal tube is used routinely; ventilation with a decreased tidal volume and an increased respiratory rate provides excellent visualization of the heart, even in patients with emphysema. Patients are positioned supine and are prepared and draped as if they are undergoing a conventional CABG procedure. External defibrillator pads are used on all patients and the CPB machine is available but not primed.

A fourth or occasionally fifth intercostal incision is made, beginning 3 to 4 cm lateral to the sternal border (Fig 1AGo). The pleural cavity is entered and the lung is packed out of the field. The costal cartilages are not divided and the ribs are not resected. Before harvesting the LIMA, a standard small thoracic retractor is positioned, the pericardium is identified and incised, and the LAD is located. Identification of the LAD artery often is easier in a redo MIDCAB procedure because the LAD almost always has been bypassed previously and the vein graft acts as a guide. In contrast, identification of the LAD in a primary MIDCAB operation sometimes can be difficult, particularly when there is significant epicardial fat or the LAD is displaced medially or laterally. If MIDCAB grafting is ill advised because of anatomic considerations or inadequate exposure, this approach is abandoned. A conventional redo operation then can be performed if the patient is a candidate for CPB. However, if the MIDCAB approach appears feasible, then the operation proceeds using the MIDCAB System (Cardiothoracic Systems Inc, Cupertino, CA), which consists of two disposable retractors and a regional cardiac wall stabilizer.



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Fig 1. . (A) Small lateral inframammary incision. (B) The left internal mammary artery retractor allows elevation of the third and fourth ribs with simultaneous counterdepression of the first and second ribs for full-length proximal left internal mammary artery harvesting. (C) The platform retractor provides blades for soft tissue retraction and an attachment site for the regional cardiac wall stabilizer used during the left internal mammary artery-to-left anterior descending artery anastomosis.

 
The first retractor, termed the LIMA lift, is designed to allow easier harvesting of the LIMA (see Fig 1BGo). With a fourth intercostal incision, this retractor is designed to expose the entire LIMA by elevating the third and fourth ribs and depressing the first and second ribs. The LIMA is harvested superiorly to within 1 to 2 cm of the subclavian vein, and inferiorly to just below the level of the incision. The LIMA is left in situ while the second MIDCAB retractor is positioned, which is capable of providing regional cardiac wall stabilization during the anastomosis. Intravenous heparin (5,000 U) is administered and the LIMA is divided distally and its flow assessed. A soft clamp is applied to the pedicle and the distal LIMA is prepared as usual.

The cardiac wall stabilizer now is attached to the retractor platform and positioned to provide exposure and stabilization of the anastomotic site (see Fig 1CGo). Only the anterior surface of the vessel is dissected, which aids in stabilization during the anastomosis. Whereas pericardial adhesions negate some motion of the heart during a redo MIDCAB procedure, the stabilizer provides important regional cardiac wall stabilization and is a critical advance in the technique of MIDCAB grafting. Since the introduction of regional cardiac wall stabilization, short-acting ß-blockers and adenosine have not been used.

The LAD now is opened after a period of uneventful test occlusion and after the administration of lidocaine (100 mg). An appropriately sized intraluminal Flowrester (Biovascular, Inc, St. Paul, MN) is inserted into the LAD. This creates a dry field and eliminates the use of constricting proximal and distal stay sutures. Arrhythmias are rare events. Although ischemic changes sometimes are seen electrocardiographically, these resolve with the completion of the anastomosis.

The LIMA-to-LAD anastomosis is performed using either a single running 7-0 Prolene (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ) or two 7-0 Prolene sutures beginning at the heel and toe of the anastomosis. Patency of the completed anastomosis is impossible to confirm visually or with palpation. Intraoperative Doppler ultrasound evaluation of the LIMA, demonstrating significant diastolic flow, provides reassurance of patency, but is very subjective. A completion angiogram should be the gold standard, but the capability and equipment are lacking in our current operating room. Intraoperative quantification of LIMA blood flow, using a Transonic Flow Probe (Transonics Systems, Inc, Ithaca, NY), has been very encouraging.

Intracostal bupivacaine blocks are placed before chest closure. Epidural and interpleural catheters are not used. The lungs are inflated to ensure that the LIMA pedicle is not stretched. Closure of the chest is performed as usual, along with insertion of a 28F posterior/apical chest tube. Patients are extubated routinely in the operating room and transferred to the standard open heart recovery unit. Postoperative pain management is accomplished for the first 24 hours with a patient-controlled analgesia pump and ketorolac (Toradol; Roche Laboratories, Inc, Nutley, NJ), and then by oral narcotics.

Data Collection
All parameters recorded for this study were obtained from hospital records or from a cardiac patient database (Heartbase) compiled by the Indiana Heart Institute. Cardiac recovery length of stay was defined as the time in hours between arrival at the unit and transfer to a progressive care unit. Length of hospital stay was defined as the number of days from operation to hospital discharge.

All statistical analyses were conducted using JMP Statistical Discovery Software (SAS Institute, Inc, Cary, NC). Statistical analyses of mean and ratio differences were determined by t test and {chi}2 analyses, respectively. Parameter differences were considered to be statistically significant at a p value of 0.05 or less.

Patient Follow-up
Six patients from group A, as part of a broader prospective trial involving all MIDCAB operations at our institution, were selected randomly to undergo cardiac catheterization and duplex/Doppler ultrasound examination 3 months after operation. Four additional patients also underwent postoperative angiography. No patients from group B underwent postoperative angiography. Follow-up for both groups was 100% and involved an outpatient clinic visit 6 weeks after operation, with late follow-up consisting of chart reviews and a telephone interview. Follow-up for group A ranged from 6 to 17 months (mean, 12 ± 6 months), whereas follow-up for group B ranged from 30 to 146 months (mean, 98 ± 29 months).


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Perioperative outcomes comparing group A with group B, realizing the limitations of a small historical control, are summarized in Table 2Go. No patients in group A had to have their MIDCAB incision converted to a sternotomy. All 23 patients in group A were extubated in the operating room at the conclusion of the case, compared with none of the patients in group B.


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Table 2. . Perioperative Clinical Outcomes
 
Postoperative mortality was not significantly different between groups. Group A had 1 postoperative death (4.3%) and 1 late death, compared with group B, which had 2 postoperative deaths (16.7%) and 1 late death. The early death in group A occurred 10 days after operation as a result of ventricular fibrillation. The status of the MIDCAB anastomosis was unknown and permission for an autopsy was not granted. The presumed cause of death was closure of the LIMA-to-LAD graft. The late death in group A occurred in a 75-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital 12 months after her redo MIDCAB procedure with an acute lateral wall myocardial infarction. Catheterization demonstrated closure of a previously patent circumflex graft; the LIMA was patent, but there was poor visualization of the distal LAD. She was accepted for a third conventional redo CABG, but died 2 days after operation of cardiac failure. Her previously placed redo MIDCAB graft, when evaluated at operation, was closed at the toe of the anastomosis.

The 2 postoperative deaths in group B occurred in patients operated on emergently after failed percutaneous intervention of diseased LAD vein grafts. Hemodynamic instability developed in both patients in the catheterization laboratory, but they were stabilized with intraaortic balloon pumps. Both patients suffered perioperative myocardial infarctions, and 1 required reoperation for bleeding. Death in these 2 patients was due to massive myocardial infarction and multisystem organ failure, respectively. Group B also had 1 late death; an 82-year-old man died of "natural causes" 8 years after his redo CABG.

Ten patients from group A underwent postoperative angiograms. Six of these patients, as participants in a larger prospective MIDCAB trial, were assigned randomly to undergo angiographic and duplex/Doppler ultrasound evaluation 3 months after operation (Fig 2Go). Anastomoses were widely patent in all 6 randomly selected patients. In addition, the Doppler/duplex ultrasound that was obtained before catheterization was 100% predictive of patency.



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Fig 2. . (A) Continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) 3 months after redo LIMA-to-left anterior descending artery bypass demonstrating increased diastolic velocity suggesting anastomotic patency. (B) Angiography confirming a widely patent anastomosis. (MID/CABG = minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting.)

 
Recurrent symptoms were the indications for the four additional angiograms obtained at 2, 3, 4, and 52 weeks after surgery, respectively. Two anastomoses were widely patent, and both these patients are currently asymptomatic; two anastomoses were occluded. The two occlusions included the previously described late death and 1 patient in whom recurrent stable class II angina (Canadian Heart Association) developed 4 weeks after operation. Both patients in group A whose graft occlusions were identified angiographically were women, with small, moderately diseased LADs, who had been turned down for conventional redo CABG. As noted previously, 1 of these patients ultimately was accepted for a conventional third CABG, but she died 2 days after operation; the second patient remains a nonoperative candidate with stable symptoms. Therefore, the angiographically determined patency rate of redo MIDCAB procedures was 80% (8 of 10 patients). Because postoperative angiograms were obtained in only a select group of patients undergoing MIDCAB procedures, biased toward those with recurrent symptoms, and none were obtained in the control group, comparisons of patency rates cannot be made. These catheterization data do demonstrate, however, the technical limitations of the MIDCAB procedure and underscore the importance of proper patient selection. Patients with small, diseased targets are not suitable candidates for MIDCAB grafting.

With 12 ± 6 months of follow-up, 87% of the patients in group A (20 of 23) are alive and asymptomatic after operation. One patient has class II angina and is being treated medically. Actuarial survival rates for patients in group B at 1, 2, and 10 years are 83%, 83%, and 72%, respectively.


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Reoperative coronary procedures are an increasing part of most practices, with excellent results reported by several investigators [1012]. Although the mortality associated with redo operations has decreased, the morbidity remains significant, particularly as surgeons are asked to care for more complex patients [13, 14]. Economic forces, aimed at decreasing morbidity, have intensified efforts in all surgical fields to focus on less invasive techniques. Unlike general, thoracic, and gynecologic operations, a reduction in reoperative coronary morbidity depends primarily on avoiding the detrimental physiologic and cerebral effects of CPB, rather than simply creating alternative, smaller-access incisions. A redo MIDCAB operation combines both these features by avoiding CPB and using a small anterior thoracotomy as the access incision. Considering the current influence of managed care, and the close scrutiny our specialty is under from industry, government, and the public, redo MIDCAB procedures may extend myocardial revascularization to a high-risk subset of patients, who otherwise would be denied surgical treatment.

One of the principal drawbacks of less invasive coronary operations is the question of the accuracy of the coronary anastomosis and its long-term patency when performed on the beating heart. Excellent results with conventional coronary grafting of the LAD with the LIMA using CPB have been well documented, with 10-year patency rates of 85% to 95% [15, 16]. Benetti [17], Buffolo [18, 19], and Fanning [20], and their colleagues, have demonstrated similar graft patency rates of 84% to 93% with off-pump bypass using a median sternotomy approach. However, healthy skepticism remains concerning the adequacy of off-pump bypass and the potential for late stenosis [21]. These concerns are magnified further when off-pump bypass is performed through a minimally invasive incision. Benetti [22], Calafiore [6, 23], and Subramanian [7], and their associates, have demonstrated the feasibility of the MIDCAB operation and, more importantly, have reported excellent short-term and midterm patency rates of 91% to 95% as determined angiographically and with duplex/Doppler ultrasound. Although no long-term studies of MIDCAB patency rates are available, these encouraging short-term results should persist in view of the documented long-term durability of the LIMA-to-LAD anastomosis once it has been performed successfully [16].

Several additional concerns regarding MIDCAB operations remain. Arrhythmias and hemodynamic instability are rare events and were not observed in this series. The regional ischemia produced during the short period of LAD occlusion during the anastomosis is well tolerated and is similar to the experience with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Intraluminal coronary shunts are in development and may be particularly helpful in redo MIDCAB operations in which interruption of a patent vein graft to a poorly collateralized, proximally occluded LAD is not well tolerated.

The potential development of a steal syndrome, through uninterrupted proximal LIMA collaterals, is controversial. Because coronary perfusion occurs during diastole and collaterals perfuse during systole, competition between territories should not occur unless there is poor LAD runoff or stenosis of the distal LIMA. Thoracoscopic harvest of the LIMA has been advocated to avoid the potential for the steal syndrome and to obtain maximum LIMA length [24, 25]. Since adopting our current retractor system, we have not seen an advantage to thoracoscopic LIMA harvest. The LIMA lift retractor (see Fig 1BGo) has nullified the potential for the steal syndrome by allowing full-length dissection of the mammary pedicle to within 1 to 2 cm of the subclavian vein. Calafiore and colleagues [6] have reported the need for composite grafts in 8.3% of MIDCAB procedures because of a laterally located LAD and inadequate LIMA length. Complete mobilization of the proximal LIMA has allowed adequate LIMA length without the use of any composite grafts in this series.

A controversial application of the MIDCAB procedure for patients with multivessel disease is the integrated approach proposed by Angelini and co-workers [26]. This hybrid procedure combines MIDCAB grafting of the LAD with staged percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty/stenting of stenotic non-LAD vessels. Cardiologists have advanced percutaneous catheter management of multivessel coronary artery disease as being efficacious and associated with a low morbidity despite a high rate of reintervention [27]. However, they are very aware of the durability and long-term benefits of the LIMA-to-LAD graft [28, 29]. This integrated approach, therefore, has tremendous appeal by offsetting the invasiveness of conventional CABG but retaining the benefits of LIMA grafting. Several concerns warrant a cautionary approach. The extensive anticoagulation currently required during stenting may increase the bleeding complications from the surgical field. Most important, the medically accepted current failure rate of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty/stenting should not compromise the excellent long-term surgical results obtained in patients with multivessel disease who are acceptable candidates for CPB. Our experience with hybrid procedures has been positive and includes 4 patients. We have found these procedures to be a practical alternative for patients with multivessel disease who are not candidates for conventional coronary operations (Fig 3Go).



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Fig 3. . Angiographic results of a hybrid procedure in a 77-year-old patient with moderate left ventricular dysfunction, severe cerebrovascular disease, and renal insufficiency demonstrating a patent redo minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass graft. Twenty-four hours after the redo minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, an 85% circumflex stenosis was stented successfully.

 
Candidates for minimally invasive redo CABG can be divided into two subsets. The first subset includes patients who have isolated single-vessel LAD disease in whom percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty/stenting is not advisable. The second subset includes patients who have single or multivessel disease but who are considered to be too high risk for CPB. In many cases, this second subset of patients typically would be denied a conventional redo CABG. Single-vessel redo MIDCAB grafting should not, however, be offered as treatment for a "culprit" LAD lesion in a patient with multivessel disease who is a reasonable risk for CPB.

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting is being driven by a health care system that is eager to contain costs by emphasizing less invasive procedures. In addition, the MIDCAB procedure has become a potent marketing tool where competition for patients is vigorous. These extraneous forces should not influence the critical evaluation of this operation. Rather, a reduction of postoperative morbidity, without a compromise in quality, should be the primary motivation for adopting this procedure. Our results support that redo MIDCAB grafting, in selected patients, achieves this goal. Furthermore, it may extend myocardial revascularization to a high-risk subset of patients who otherwise would be denied intervention if MIDCAB grafting were not in the surgeons' armamentarium.


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Presented at the Thirty-third Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, Feb 3–5, 1997.

Address reprint requests to Dr Allen, 8333 Naab Road, Suite 300, Indianapolis, IN 46260.

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