Reversed-J inferior sternotomy for beating heart coronary surgery

Median sternotomy or combined multiple minimally invasive approaches are cu rrently used to revascularize patients with multivessel coronary artery dis ease on the beating heart. We present here a new alternative approach for m inimally invasive coronary surgery on the beating heart: the reversed-J inf erior sternotomy. Through this approach, the left anterior descending, diag onal, and right coronary arteries can be revascularized via a single minima lly invasive approach. (Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:1505-6) (C) 1999 by The Soc iety of Thoracic Surgeons.