Concomitant anaortic OPCAB and transfemoral TAVR for high-risk patients: A case series.
Michael P VallelyAmmu VijayakumarBryan A WhitsonScott M LillyKonstantinos Dean BoudoulasMichael P VallelyPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
Combined anaortic OPCAB and transfemoral TAVR is a safe and feasible approach to treating concomitant extensive coronary artery disease and severe aortic stenosis. The aortic no-touch technique provides benefits in the elderly high-risk patients by reducing the risk of postoperative myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular stroke.
Keyphrases
- aortic stenosis
- ejection fraction
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- end stage renal disease
- coronary artery disease
- left ventricular
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- patients undergoing
- cardiovascular disease
- early onset
- blood brain barrier
- brain injury
- aortic dissection