[Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Performed via Left Thoracotomy]

Eight patients underwent coronary artery bypass grafting( CABG) by left thoracotomy approach to the left coronary artery territory after CABG. The left subclavian artery was selected as an inflow anastomosis site, and the greater saphenous vein was used as a graft. The average operative time was 187 minutes, and the hospital stay was 12.2 days. Off-pump CABG was complete in all patients. There were no cases of mortality during hospitalization, and grafts were patent in the confirmed cases. We believe that the left thoracotomy approach avoids problems such as injury of the patent graft due to redo sternotomy, and reduces the mortality and complication rate.