05.08.2023 | Invited Editorial
How should we manage complex coronary disease during transcatheter aortic valve implantation?
verfasst von:
Kevin R. An, Mario F. L. Gaudino
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Ausgabe 6/2023
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Excerpt
In this issue of the Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Honda et al. report their institutional experience with concomitant transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and both off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) and minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS-CABG) [
1]. After analyzing 20 cases of TAVI with OPCAB and 7 cases of TAVI with MICS-CABG, the authors report overall safety of the procedure in their series with no 30-day or in-hospital mortality and 100% graft patency at 6 months in all patients (23 out of 27) who underwent scheduled coronary computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. However, incomplete revascularization occurred in one in three patients. …