This video demonstrates robotic-assisted minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending artery) for single vessel disease using a nonrib spreading approach.
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Coronary disease
August 6, 2024
This video demonstrates the harvest of both right and left internal mammary arteries using the Da Vinci robotic system. Ports are placed on the left side of the chest, which are then used as an in-situ graft through.
August 5, 2024
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted harvest of bilateral internal mammary arteries to enable total arterial revascularization for multi-vessel coronary artery disease.
June 27, 2024
This study evaluated the outcomes after the use of cardiac shockwave therapy (SWT) combined with coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) due to ischemic cardiomyopathy.
June 26, 2024
Right coronary artery reimplantation is the most anatomic repair of the anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery. The authors have used the minimally invasive approach for RCA reimplantation for all patients with anomalous origin of RCA from the left sinus for the last five years. This video demonstrates their method for this operation along with technical tips.
June 20, 2024
The prevalence of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery is 0.4 percent to 0.8 percent. The decision to operate and choice of procedure can be challenging.
June 20, 2024
This video demonstrates the authors’ surgical technique for bilateral internal thoracic harvesting and grafting.
June 5, 2024
This report comprises the contents of the presentations and following discussions of a workshop of the German Heart Transplant Centers in Martinsried, Germany on cardiac xenotransplantation.
May 31, 2024
Four surgeons presented their biggest mistakes in CABG surgery and how they went about fixing them. They emphasized the importance of surgeons sharing their mistakes so others can learn from them.
May 30, 2024
This paper details an under-development animal model to study the vascular pathology of vein grafts in a variation of the initial Carrel canine bypass experiment. The possible findings on detrimental effects of hydrostatic distention, if and when quantified, may alter surgeons’ harvesting techniques.