Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting via left anterior thoracotomy from the 4th costal space in a patient with total laryngectomy and a permanent tracheostoma

• Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 633 - 636
• Main Authors: Akiyoshi, Kei, Mamoru, Arakawa, Makino, Jun, Nakamura, Noriyuki, Shinshi, Mio, Nakata, Hiroko, Adachi, Koichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.06.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Angina pectoris; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Case Report; Coronary vessels; Electrocardiography; Emergency medical care; Heart surgery; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Ostomy; Patients; Rib cage; Surgical Oncology; Sutures; Thoracic Surgery; Veins & arteries; United States > US; Total laryngectomy; Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting; Permanent tracheostoma; Left anterior thoracotomy

Median sternotomy is the standard approach for coronary artery bypass grafting. Herein, we performed off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting via left anterior thoracotomy from the 4th costal space in an unstable angina pectoris patient with total laryngectomy and a permanent tracheostoma. In this p...