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Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Versus Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass for the Treatment of Left Main Coronary Stenosis

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2011

Background. Coronary artery bypass grafting is standard of care for left main (LM) coronary artery stenosis. Hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) is an alternative therapy, combining a minimally invasive, sternalsparing, off-pump left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending coronary anastomosis with percutaneous coronary stent placement through the LM into the circumflex coronary artery. Methods. From October 8, 2003, to April 23, 2010, 27 patients with LM coronary disease had HCR at a US academic center. These patients were matched 3:1 to 81 contemporaneous patients treated with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting through a sternotomy by an optimal matching algorithm using seven preoperative variables. In-hospital major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events and repeat revascularization during the study period were compared between groups. All-cause mortality was compared using the National Social Security Death Index. Results. Patency of the left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending coronary anastomosis was confirmed in all cases before LM stenting, which was successful in all patients. There was no perioperative death, stroke, or myocardial infarction among the HCR patients. Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events were similar between groups. During a median of 3.2 years of follow-up, patients treated with HCR had a higher incidence of repeat revascularization than those treated with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (2 of 27, 7.4% versus 1 of 81, 1.2%; p ‫؍‬ 0.09), but this was not statistically significant. The incidence of blood transfusion was higher with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (50 of 81, 61.7% versus 9 of 27 33.3%; p ‫؍‬ 0.01). Conclusions. Hybrid revascularization is a safe, feasible, and minimally invasive alternative to off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for the treatment of LM coronary disease. Further investigation into the comparative effectiveness of this alternative strategy is warranted to identify optimal candidates for HCR.

Hybrid coronary revascularization: present indications and future perspective

Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine, 2015

Hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) strategy consists of minimal invasive left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the remaining lesions. HCR combines the known benefits of the LIMA-to-LAD graft (LIMA: left internal mammary artery, LAD: left anterior descending) and drug eluting stent (DES) to non-LAD regions and is currently reserved for particularly high-risk patients with favorable anatomy. Despite the lack of multicenter randomized trials, several small non-randomized studies have shown that HCR is safe with low mortality rates, low morbidity, and shorter intensive care unit and hospital stay. Up to date, HCR appears to be a promising and cost-effective alternative for CABG in the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease in a selected patient population.

Coronary hybrid revascularization from January 1997 to January 2001: a clinical follow-up

Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2002

Background. Hybrid revascularization (HyR), combining minimally invasive left internal mammary artery (LIMA) bypass grafting to the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and catheter interventional treatment of the remaining coronary lesions, avoids the disadvantages associated with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). We investigated the clinical follow-up of 57 patients with multivessel disease undergoing this procedure in the last 4 years.

Single-stage hybrid coronary revascularization with long-term follow-up†

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2013

OBJECTIVES: Hybrid coronary revascularization, performing a left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to left anterior descending (LAD) bypass followed by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a non-LAD coronary artery lesion, represents an evolving revascularization strategy. It utilizes the survival benefit of the LITA-to-LAD bypass, while providing complete revascularization with PCI to a non-critical vessel to decrease procedural morbidity. However, quantitative patency results and clinical outcomes remain understudied. The objective of this study was to assess clinical follow-up and graft and stent patency at 6 months and 5 years in a single-stage hybrid revascularization population. METHODS: From 2004 to 2012, a total of 96 patients (64 ± 12 years; 70 males and 26 females) consented to robotic-assisted LITA harvesting and a small left anterior thoracotomy for off-pump coronary artery bypass anastomosis onto the LAD. This was followed immediately by PCI in a non-LAD vessel in the same fluoroscopy-equipped hybrid operating room. Patients underwent a yearly clinical follow-up and a protocol-directed assessment of graft patency via a coronary angiogram at 6 months and cardiac computed tomography (CT) angiography with single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) at 5 years. RESULTS: Successful single-stage hybrid revascularization occurred in 94 of the 96 patients (2 patients required intraoperative conversion to conventional coronary bypass). Six-month protocol coronary angiogram follow-up has been performed in 85 patients. Fitzgibbon Grade A or B LITA-to-LAD patency at 6-month follow-up was 94% in those studied. A total of 105 stents were deployed (89 drug-eluting stents (DES) and 16 bare metal), and at 6-month follow-up in 85 patients, 79 stents were widely patent; 8 had in-stent restenosis, and 2 were completely occluded. To date, 19 patients have undergone 5-year coronary CT angiography and MPS. The LITA-to-LAD anastomosis was patent in 17 of the 19 patients. Of the 19 lesions in which PCI was performed, 17 were widely patent, while 2 circumflex DES were occluded. Fiveyear clinical outcome demonstrated 91% survival, 94% freedom from angina and 87% freedom from any form of coronary revascularization. CONCLUSIONS: A single-stage hybrid revascularization strategy appears to have acceptable 6-month and angiographic patency results for both LITA-LAD grafts and PCI interventions. Survival, freedom from angina and freedom from revascularization also appear favourable at the 5-year clinical follow-up.

Role and Rationale for Hybrid Coronary Artery Revascularization

Coronary Artery Disease - Assessment, Surgery, Prevention, 2015

The optimal revascularization strategy for patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease remains controversial. The advent of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has challenged the superiority of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery for multi-vessel disease. In the late 1990s, an integrated approach, now referred to as "hybrid coronary revascularization" (HCR), was pioneered combining CABG and PCI to offer appropriate patients a less invasive option for revascularization while still capitalizing on the superior patency rates of the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to the left anterior descending (LAD) artery bypass. The operative techniques continue to evolve as well as the timing strategies for intervention and use of antiplatelet therapy. While more research is needed, current data supports hybrid coronary revascularization as a promising technique to optimize outcomes in patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease.

Hybrid coronary revascularization versus percutaneous strategies in left main stenosis

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2018

Aims Hybrid revascularization (HCR) has been recently proposed as an alternative strategy in multivessel coronary disease, particularly in patients with high SYNTAX scores and risk scores. The objective of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of HCR versus percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) drug-eluting stenting in left main treatment. Methods A series of 198 consecutive patients with left main stenosis have been treated. HCR, was performed in 77 patients (G1) whereas 121 patients (G2) received PCI on left main. An adjusted analysis using inverse probability weighting (IPW) was performed. Primary outcomes include: 30-day mortality, postoperative acute myocardial infarction, 18 months' MACCEs: cardiac death, stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), repeated target vessel revascularization (TVR). Results SYNTAX score was 29.5 W 6.9 in G1 and 29.1 W 6.5 in G2 (P U 0.529). In G2, three patients (2.7%) died because of cardiogenic shock; no deaths occurred in G1 (P U 0.603). No major complications were reported in G1 and there was no mortality at 18 months' follow-up in both groups. Survival freedom from MACCEs at 18 months' follow-up was significantly higher in G1 (G1: 93.3 W 4.6% versus G2: 72.3 W 6.3; P U 0.001) mostly because of the higher freedom from TVR (G1: 93.3 W 4.6% versus G2: 75.5 W 5.6; P U 0.002). At Cox regression analysis, PCI was an independent predictor of MACCEs and TVR (hazard ratio 3.9, CI 1.36-9.6; P U 0.027). Conclusion PCI in patients with left main and multivessel disease is a viable strategy, with a good outcome. HCR, demonstrated a lower incidence of cardiac adverse events such as AMI and TVR. Future comparative studies will be helpful to identify the optimal patient population for HCR.

Hybrid coronary revascularization as a safe, feasible, and viable alternative to conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: what is the current evidence?

2013

The "hybrid" approach to multivessel coronary artery disease combines surgical left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention of the remaining lesions. Ideally, the LITA to LAD bypass graft is performed in a minimally invasive fashion. This review aims to clarify the place of hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) in the current therapeutic armamentarium against multivessel coronary artery disease. Eighteen studies including 970 patients were included for analysis. The postoperative LITA patency varied between 93.0% and 100.0%. The mean overall survival rate in hybrid treated patients was 98.1%. Hybrid treated patients showed statistically significant shorter hospital length of stay (LOS), intensive care unit (ICU) LOS, and intubation time, less packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion requirements, and lower in-hospital major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular event (MACCE) rates compared with patients treated by on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This resulted in a significant reduction in costs for hybrid treated patients in the postoperative period. In studies completed to date, HCR appears to be a promising and cost-effective alternative for CABG in the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease in a selected patient population.