Conference
Safety and cost-effectiveness of MIDCABG in high-risk CABG patients
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Myocardial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass has been proposed as a potential therapeutic alternative in high-risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. To evaluate this possibility we compared 15 high-risk (HR) patients in whom minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting was used as the method of revascularization with 41 consecutive patients who underwent conventional coronary artery …
Authors
Del Rizzo DF; Boyd WD; Novick RJ; McKenzie FN; Desai ND; Menkis AH
Volume
66
Pagination
pp. 1002-1007
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 1998
DOI
10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00660-2
Conference proceedings
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Issue
3
ISSN
0003-4975