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Featured Coronary Surgery Videos

Featured peer-review, surgical videos in coronary surgery

Taggart DP, Gavrilov Y, Krasopoulos G, Rajakaruna C, Zacharias J, De Silva R, et al. External stenting and disease progression in saphenous vein grafts two years after coronary artery bypass grafting: A multicenter randomized trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022;164:1532-1541.

External stenting and disease progression in saphenous vein grafts after CABG

The rationale for external vein graft stenting is explained, and the implantation technique for the VEST is demonstrated under actual operating room conditions.

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Davierwala PM, Verevkin A, Spouropoulou S, Hasheminejad E, von Aspern K, Misfeld M, et al. Minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery with bilateral internal thoracic arteries: Early outcomes and angiographic patency. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;162:1109-1119.

Minimally invasive CABG with bilateral internal thoracic arteries

Surgical technique of minimally invasive CABG.

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Vrancic JM, Navia DO, Espinoza JC, Piccinini F, Camporrotondo M, Benzadon M, et al. Is sex a risk factor for death in patients with bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;158:1345-1353.

Is sex a risk factor for death in patients with BITA grafts?

Off-pump CABG using skeletonized bilateral internal thoracic arteries in a triple vessel coronary disease patient. Opening the pericardium toward the inferior vena cava allows right ventricle positioning into right pleural space, and hemodynamic improvement during heart mobilization.

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Akhrass R, Bakaeen FG. Multi-arterial Coronary Grafting. Op Tech Cardiothorac Surg. 2022;27:126-146.

Multi-arterial Coronary Grafting

Demonstration of harvesting of the internal thoracic artery.

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Balkhy, HH. Robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting: It's now or never! J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tech. 2021;10:153-157

Robotic totally endoscopic CABG: It's now or never!

Robotic endoscopic sutured anastomosis to obtuse marginal branch.

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Vallely MP, Seco M, Ramponi F, Puskas JD. Total-arterial, anaortic, off-pump coronary artery surgery: Why, when, and how. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tech. 2021;10:140-148.

Total-arterial, anaortic, off-pump coronary artery surgery

Total-arterial, anaortic, OPCAB technique.

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Iino K, Yamamoto Y, Ueda H, Takemura H. Two-patch technique with BioGlue for ventricular septal rupture resulting from acute anterior myocardial infarction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tech. 2022;13:83-86.

Two-patch technique with BioGlue for ventricular septal rupture

VSR repair with 2 separate patches with BioGlue, which is applied on the suture line between 2 patches. Free wall repair for large ventricular free-wall defect following excision of necrotic ventricular muscle.

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Marin-Cuartas M, Pompeu Sá M, Torregrossa G, Davierwala PM. Minimally invasive coronary artery surgery: Robotic and nonrobotic minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass techniques. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tech.2021;10-170-177.

Robotic and nonrobotic minimally invasive direct CABG techniques

Surgical technique of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery.

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