Combined Off-Pump Mitral Valve Repair and Lung Malignancy Resection Through Left Thoracotomy

Left mini-thoracotomy off-pump coronary revascularization.

OBJECTIVES Stent restenosis is a common complication in angioplasty. Studies have shown better outcomes when the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) is anastomosed to the left anterior descending artery (LAD). Patient selection, operative technique and results for off-pump left mini-thoracotomy (LME) coronary surgery, as a pilot study, are presented. METHODS Eighteen patients (three women) w...

Progressive design concepts in off-pump left ventricular remodeling mitral valve repair devices.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Manhattan Campus, New York, NY, USA; Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA Correspondence to: Eugene A. Grossi, MD. NYU Langone Medical Center, 530 First Avenue, Suite 9V, ...

One-stage off-pump transapical mitral valve repair and aortic valve replacement.

Parabolic resection for mitral valve repair.

Parabolic resection, named for the shape of the cut edges of the excised tissue, expands on a common 'trick' used by experienced mitral surgeons to preserve tissue and increase the probability of successful repair. Our objective was to describe and clinically analyze this simple modification of conventional resection. Thirty-six patients with mitral regurgitation underwent valve repair using pa...

Off-pump redo coronary artery bypass grafting via left thoracotomy.

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the usefulness of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) via left thoracotomy (LT) in redo coronary revascularization. METHODS Over the past 23 years, 21 patients (2.3%) underwent redo coronary revascularization in our hospital. The period between the first and the redo surgeries was 9.1+/-4.4 years. They were divided into two groups according to the method of ...