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Ahmet Özelçi1, Şahin Bozok2, Gökhan İlhan3, Serkan Yazman3, İbrahim Özsöyler1, Ali Gürbüz1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Uşak University Faculty of Medicine, Uşak, Turkey
3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Training and Research Hospital, Muğla, Turkey
Keywords: Beating heart, coronary artery bypass grafting, graft, patency, revascularization
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the feasibility of revascularization of posterior wall coronary arteries with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OP-CABG) versus conventional CABG (C-CABG).
Patients and methods: Between July 2001 and October 2009, a total of 104 patients (26 males, 78 females; mean age 57±10.9 years; 43 to 74) who underwent CABG were included. The patients were divided into two groups as those undergoing revascularization with OP-CABG (Group 1, n=52) and those undergoing C-CABG (Group 2, n=52). Intraoperative data and postoperative coronary angiograms at six months were recorded.
Results: The OP-CABG was associated with less requirement for blood transfusion and a lower amount of postoperative drainage. Duration of intubation and the length of stay in the intensive care unit and hospital were found to be significantly shorter in the OP-CABG group. The patency of the arterial grafts was almost completely achieved in both groups, and anastomoses on the posterior vessels were patent in the OP-CABG group.
Conclusion: Based on our experience, in properly selected cases, targeted vessels on the posterior wall can be successfully revascularized
with OP-CABG.
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