Minimally invasive coronary surgery

  • Mirko Todić Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-2172
  • Vanja Drljević-Todić Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiology, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
  • Andrej Preveden Faculty of medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Aleksandar Redžek Faculty of medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Mihaela Preveden Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
  • Ranko Zdravković Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
  • Novica Kalinić University clinical centre of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/scriptamed52-34265
Keywords: minimally invasive heart surgery, midcab, endoacab, radcab, tecab, Hybrid revascularisation

Abstract


Minimally invasive options for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery progressed dramatically in the last decades. Minimally invasive CABG surgery is presented trough these forms: minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB), endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass (EndoACAB), robot-assisted direct coronary artery bypass (RADCAB), total endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB), and hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR). Unfortunately, these are still limited only to the specialised centres across the world, and haven’t been accepted by the majority of cardiac surgeons. A surgeon who is starting to practice minimally invasive CABG surgery needs to be ready for long duration of the interventions, higher rate of conversions to sternotomy, and significant learning curve. Great results that have been published on the subject of minimally invasive revascularisation methods support the potential of these alternative approaches to evolve in the near future.

Author Biographies

Mirko Todić, Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Cardiac surgeon on Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia.

MD student on Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Vanja Drljević-Todić, Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiology, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Resident of internal medicine at Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiology, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Andrej Preveden, Faculty of medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Faculty of medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Internist at Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

 

Aleksandar Redžek, Faculty of medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Faculty of medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Cardiac surgeon at Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Mihaela Preveden, Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Resident of anestesiology at Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Ranko Zdravković, Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Anestesiologist at Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Novica Kalinić, University clinical centre of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska

Resident of cardiac surgery at Institute of cardiovascular diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for cardiovascular surgery, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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