Research Article
Surgical Challenges in Multi-Vessel Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Table 2
Procedural characteristics and postoperative outcomes (n = 118).
| Characteristics | MICS (n = 118) |
| Mean number of grafts per patient (n, mean ± SD) | 3.19 ± 0.75 | Five-vessel grafts, n (%) | 1 (0.85) | Four-vessel grafts, n (%) | 44 (37.29) | Three-vessel grafts, n (%) | 50 (42.37) | Two-vessel grafts, n (%) | 23 (19.49) | LITA, n (%) | 114 (96.61) | RITA, n (%) | 1 (0.85) | Distal anastomoses | | Left anterior descending artery, n (%) | 115 (97.46) | Diagonal branch, n (%) | 58 (49.15) | Ramus branch, n (%) | 8 (6.78) | Obtuse marginal branch, n (%) | 94 (79.66) | Posterior descending artery, n (%) | 65 (55.08) | Posterior branch of the left ventricle, n (%) | 14 (11.86) | Right coronary artery, n (%) | 9 (7.63) | Operation duration (hour, mean ± SD) | 5.15 ± 1.01 | Intraoperative blood loss (ml, mean ± SD) | 739.41 ± 408.71 | Perioperative mortality, n (%) | 0 (0) | Intra-aortic balloon pump, n (%) | 1 (0.8) | Conversion to sternotomy or CPB, n (%) | 0 (0) | Repeat thoracotomy due to bleeding, n (%) | 1 (0.8) |
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LITA, left internal thoracic artery. RITA, right internal thoracic artery. CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass.
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