Early and late outcomes after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass vs. full sternotomy off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Patients and methods From December 2009 to June 2020, 388 elective patients were included in our retrospective study. 229 underwent MIDCAB, and 159 underwent FS-OPCAB LIMA-to-LAD grafting. Data comparing MIDCAB to FS-OPCAB with regard to long-term follow-up is scarce. Results MIDCAB patients had less rethoracotomies ( n = 13/3.6%
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