Is There a Role for Diagonal Coronary Artery Stenting in Patients Undergoing Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery? - PubMed (original) (raw)

Is There a Role for Diagonal Coronary Artery Stenting in Patients Undergoing Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery?

Jeevan Nagendran et al. J Clin Med Res. 2018 Aug.

Abstract

Background: The efficacy of diagonal coronary artery stenting in patients undergoing robotic left internal thoracic artery-to-left anterior descending (LITA-to-LAD) anastomosis is not well defined. The objective of this study was to assess graft and stent patency in a single-stage hybrid revascularization with LITA-to-LAD anastomosis and PCI to a diagonal coronary artery.

Methods: From 2004 to 2014, a total of 25 patients consented to robotic-assisted LITA harvesting and a small left anterior thoracotomy for off-pump coronary artery bypass anastomosis onto the LAD along with concomitant PCI to the diagonal coronary artery. PCI to the diagonal coronary artery was performed in the same fluoroscopy-equipped hybrid operating room.

Results: Patients were on average 66 ± 11 years with 32% female. Pre-operative characteristics of these patients included 8% with a grade 3 or 4 left ventricle, 16% with a recent MI, and 92% with CCS III/IV symptoms. There were no death, one patient required an intra-aortic balloon pump, and one patient required re-operation for bleeding. The average ICU stay was 1.1 ± 0.53 days, and the average hospital stay was 4.6 ± 2.4 days. Fitzgibbon Grade A LITA-to-LAD patency at 6-month follow-up was 100%. As well, at 6-month follow-up the DES to the diagonal coronary artery had a patency rate of 96%.

Conclusions: Single-stage hybrid revascularization strategy for bifurcating lesions of the LAD and diagonal coronary arteries with LITA-to-LAD anastomosis and PCI to a diagonal coronary artery appears to have acceptable clinical results with excellent 6-month angiographic patency results.

Keywords: Coronary artery bypass surgery; Hybrid; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Revascularization; Robotics.

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