Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Innovations:Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, 6(6), p. 395-398, 2011
DOI: 10.1097/imi.0b013e318246ea9c
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Innovations:Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, 6(6), p. 395-398, 2011
DOI: 10.1177/155698451100600611
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We report on simultaneous off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting to the left anterior descending artery, modified transapical aortic valve implantation, and stenting of the circumflex and right coronary arteries in an 84-year-old patient. The poly-morbid patient with a logistic EuroSCORE of 85% experienced recent myocardial infarction; the left ventricular ejection fraction was reduced to 20%. Postoperative recovery was fast and short. The strategy described is the next logical step in broadening the indication for transcatheter aortic valve interventions.