This is a case of a 61-year-old diabetic male who presented with severe triple vessel coronary artery disease despite multiple percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). We performed quintuple OPCAB, exclusively using the skeletonized in situ ITAs and GEA. Technical details regarding the harvest of skeletonized arterial grafts, off pump set-up, and construction of each anastomosis in this case are included.
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00:00:21 Clinical vignette
00:01:10 Neo-Chordae device
00:03:31 Device positioning
00:04:37 Neo-Chordae implantation
00:06:46 Completion
Cite this article as: Asai T, Suzuki T, Nota H, Kuroyanagi S, Kinoshita T, Takashima N, Hayakawa M, Naito S. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting using skeletonized in situ arterial grafts. Ann Cardiothorac Surg 2013;2(4):552-556. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2013.07.08
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