FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 336:1454 May 15, 1997 Number 20 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited PubMed Citation

To the Editor: The term "minimally invasive surgery" is currently used for several procedures in cardiac surgery.^1,2,3 Coronary-artery bypass surgery on the beating heart without extracorporeal circulation, using a small lateral approach through the fourth intercostal space, is one form of minimally invasive surgery.³

We used this technique successfully in 19 patients with isolated proximal stenoses of the left anterior descending artery and in 3 patients with isolated stenoses of the right coronary artery. By means of a 7-to-9-cm anterolateral incision and thoracotomy through the fourth intercostal space, the internal thoracic artery was taken down from the chest wall with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Riess, F.-C., Bader, R., Kremer, P., Kuhn, C., Kormann, J., Mathey, D., Moshar, S., Tuebler, T., Bleese, N., Schofer, J. (2002). Coronary hybrid revascularization from January 1997 to January 2001: a clinical follow-up. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 73: 1849-1855 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Elami, A., Korach, A., Rudis, E. (2001). Lung Cancer Resection or Aortic Graft Replacement With Simultaneous Myocardial Revascularization Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Chest 119: 1941-1943 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Isomura, T., Suma, H., Horii, T., Sato, T., Kobashi, T., Kanemitsu, H. (2000). Minimally invasive coronary artery revascularization: off-pump bypass grafting and the hybrid procedure. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 70: 2017-2022 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Diegeler, A., Spyrantis, N., Matin, M., Falk, V., Hambrecht, R., Autschbach, R., Mohr, F. W., Schuler, G. (2000). The revival of surgical treatment for isolated proximal high grade LAD lesions by minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting. Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 17: 501-504 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Diegeler, A., Hirsch, R., Schneider, F., Schilling, L.-O., Falk, V., Rauch, T., Mohr, F. W. (2000). Neuromonitoring and neurocognitive outcome in off-pump versus conventional coronary bypass operation. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 69: 1162-1166 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Wittwer, T., Haverich, A., Cremer, J. T., Boonstra, P. W. (2000). The hybrid procedure for myocardial revascularization: intermediate results. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 69: 975-975 [Full Text]  
• Wittwer, T, Cremer, J, Boonstra, P, Grandjean, J, Mariani, M, Mugge, A, Drexler, H, den Heijer, P, Leitner, E-R v, Hepp, A, Wehr, M, Haverich, A (2000). Myocardial "hybrid" revascularisation with minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting combined with coronary angioplasty: preliminary results of a multicentre study. Heart 83: 58-63 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Wittwer, T., Cremer, J., Klima, U., Wahlers, T., Haverich, A. (1999). Myocardial "hybrid" revascularization: Intermediate results of an alternative approach to multivessel coronary artery disease. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 118: 766-767 [Full Text]  
• Lloyd, C. T., Calafiore, A. M., Wilde, P., Ascione, R., Paloscia, L., Monk, C. R., Angelini, G. D. (1999). Integrated left anterior small thoracotomy and angioplasty for coronary artery revascularization. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 68: 908-911 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Gulielmos, V., Dangel, M., Solowjowa, N., Wagner, F. M., Karbalai, P., Schmidt, V., Schueler, S. (1999). Clinical experiences with minimally invasive mitral valve surgery using a simplified port accessTM technique. Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 14: 141-147 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Diegeler, A., Matin, M., Kayser, S., Binner, Ch., Autschbach, R., Battellini, R., Krankenberg, H., Mohr, F.W. (1999). Angiographic results after minimally invasive coronary bypass grafting using the minimally invasive direct coronary bypass grafting (MIDCAB) approach. Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 15: 680-684 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Zenati, M., Cohen, H. A., Griffith, B. P. (1999). ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO MULTIVESSEL CORONARY DISEASE WITH INTEGRATED CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 117: 439-446 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Goldstein, J. A., Safian, R. D., Aliabadi, D., O'Neill, W. W., Shannon, F. L., Bassett, J., Sakwa, M. (1998). Intraoperative angiography to assess graft patency after minimally invasive coronary bypass. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 66: 1978-1982 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Gulielmos, V., Schueler, S. (1998). Minimally invasive cardiac surgery for the treatment of coronary artery multi-vessel disease. Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 14: S48-S53 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Autschbach, R., Walther, T., Falk, V., Diegeler, A., Metz, S., Mohr, F. W (1998). S-shaped in comparison to L-shaped partial sternotomy for less invasive aortic valve replacement. Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 14: S117-S121 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Bonchek, L. I., Friedrich, G. J., Dapunt, O. E., Pachinger, O. (1997). More on "Hybrid Revascularization". NEJM 337: 861-862 [Full Text]