Commentary: Sternotomy for every cardiac surgery patient ain't the future, so let's get going

[摘要] In this issue of the Journal, Davierwala and colleagues1 present their experience of 2667 patients who underwent minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafts (MIDCABs) at the Leipzig Heart Center between 1996 and 2018, which amounted to 9% of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations performed during that time. The number of MIDCABs decreased to about one-half the initial frequency during the last two-thirds of the study period, possibly as a result of more multivessel sternotomy off-pump coronary artery bypass and minimally invasive (MICS) CABGs being performed.

[学科分类] 心脏病和心血管学