Off-pump coronary artery bypass in congenital absence of pericardium
C Sukesh Kumar Reddy1, Syed Nasheed Ali, C Kodhandapani Raamaanuhadaasudu
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mediciti Hospitals, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|February 27, 2014
Abstract:
Off-pump coronary artery bypass involves precise manipulations for proper positioning the heart without causing hemodynamic compromise. Pericardial stay sutures exerting appropriate traction play an important role in off-pump surgery. We report a rare case in which a congenital pericardial defect was discovered after sternotomy in a patient undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass.
