Minimal invasive coronary artery fistula ligation
Fotios A Mitropoulos1, Meletios A Kanakis1, Andrew Chatzis1
1Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center.
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 2015
Abstract:
A coronary artery fistula was surgically ligated in a 38-year-old woman via a left anterior mini-thoracotomy without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. In selected cases, this surgical approach can provide an excellent surgical exposure for coronary artery fistula ligation. It also offers an excellent cosmetic result and shorter hospital stay.
