@Article{Kędziora2021,
journal="Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej",
issn="1734-9338",
volume="17",
number="4",
year="2021",
title="Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass as an option for redo coronary surgery in a frail octogenarian",
abstract="Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) is a method of surgical revascularization in which the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) is harvested to graft the left anterior descending artery (LAD) through a small incision on the chest wall (Figure 1 A). The procedure is performed without cardioplegia induced cardiac arrest and allows the burden of open-chest surgery to be avoided. Previous studies have shown excellent early and long-term results for MIDCAB performed either as a single procedure for an isolated LAD lesion [1] or as a step in hybrid revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention to other significantly stenosed arteries [2]. Nevertheless, the data for the use of MIDCAB as a method of choice for re-do cardiac surgery are sparse.",
author="Kędziora, Anna
and Konstanty-Kalandyk, Janusz
and Litwinowicz, Radoslaw
and Legutko, Jacek
and Kapelak, Boguslaw
and Piatek, Jacek",
pages="425--426",
doi="10.5114/aic.2021.111941",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aic.2021.111941"
}