Off-Pump Minithoracotomy Versus Sternotomy for Left Anterior Descending Myocardial Bridge Unroofing.

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Abstract

Myocardial bridge (MB) of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery occurs in approximately 25% of the population. When medical therapy fails in patients with a symptomatic, hemodynamically significant MB, MB unroofing represents the optimal surgical management. Here, we evaluated minimally invasive MB unroofing in selected patients compared with sternotomy.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Ann Thorac Surg

Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1552-6259

ISSN (Print): 0003-4975

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2021

Volume: 112

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

[2 ] Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

[3 ] Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Electronic address: jackboyd@stanford.edu.

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Publisher Item ID: S0003-4975(20)32111-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.11.023

PubMed ID: 33333083

SO-VID: 3826cd2c-eb5a-4198-8636-06aa9c5937f3

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