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A seventy-year-old man was admitted to hospital for ishchemic heart disease and abdominal aortic aneurysm. In the cardiac procedure, we employed a technique for conversion from minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting. This technique entailed cardiopulmonary bypass using standard instruments and technique, and the exposure for grafting was the same as for the simple minimally-invasive coronary artery bypass grafting. Moreover, the incision we reported in this case was simply extendible even to a full sternotomy if necessary.
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Kawauchi, M., Takamoto, S., Otsuka, T. et al. Upper hemisternotomy as conversion from minimally-invasive coronary artery bypass grafting. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 48, 245–246 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218132
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03218132