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Case Reports
. 2022 Dec;37(12):5599-5602.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.17201. Epub 2022 Nov 15.

Urgent robotic hybrid coronary revascularization in patient with high STS score. A case report

Aleksander Dokollari  1   2 , Serge Sicouri  1 , Basel Ramlawi  1   2 , Massimo Bonacchi  3 , Ozgun Erten  1 , Francis Sutter  2 , Gianluca Torregrossa  1   2
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Case Reports

Urgent robotic hybrid coronary revascularization in patient with high STS score. A case report

Aleksander Dokollari et al. J Card Surg. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

Introduction: Robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) outcomes in patients with a high society of thoracic surgery (STS) score in urgent settings remain hindered.

Presentation of case: A high-risk female patient presented with dyspnea and low ejection fraction (EF = 15%) and was diagnosed with pulmonary edema post myocardial infarction. She was medically stabilized with intraaortic balloon pump and the heart-team decided to intervene with off-pump robotic hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR). The patient had the planned with left internal mammary artery (LITA) anastomosis to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the postoperative recovery was uneventful and patients discharged after few days at home.

Discussion: CABG has proven to be superior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) even when guided by fractional flow rate and using the last generation stents according to fractional flow reserve versus angiography for multivessel evaluation 3 clinical trial. In moderate SYNTAX score patients that have been historically (SYNTAX trial) treated with multivessels PCI, robotic CABG has been shown to offer the advantage of LITA-LAD in combination with stent for non-LAD territory.

Conclusion: High-risk, fragile patients, with low EF and high STS score that undergo urgent CABG can benefit from heart-team collaboration, and HCR is an important tool in the armamentarium.

Keywords: high STS score; low ejection fraction; robotic HCR; urgent CABG.

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