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Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting via Left Thoracotomy and Hypothermic Fibrillation
Author(s) -
Stamou Sotiris C.,
Kouchoukos Nicholas T.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01178.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , artery , bypass grafting , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation , atrial fibrillation , median sternotomy , surgery
Left posterolateral thoracotomy approach for reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a useful alternative to median sternotomy. We describe use of a left posterolateral thoracotomy and hypothermic fibrillation for reoperative CABG in a patient with patent bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts. (J Card Surg 2011;26:34‐36)