Elective MIDCAB: Shunt or Tournique Occlusion? Assessment of a Protective Role of Perioperative Intraluminal Shunting on Myocardial Damage

Abstract

Background: To determine impact of intraluminal-left anterior descending (LAD) shunt to prevent myocardial damage in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB).

Keywords

• MIDCAB
• intraluminal shunt
• external tournique occlusion
• myocardial damage