什么是微创冠状动脉旁路移植术?

Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a surgical procedure for treating blocked or narrowed arteries in the heart. It involves taking a healthy blood vessel from elsewhere in the body and attaching it to the artery beyond the blockage to create a detour for blood flow.

传统上, 旁路手术是通过开胸手术完成的, where the surgeon makes a large incision and cuts through the breastbone to access the heart. The patient is placed on a heart-lung bypass machine during the operation while the heart is temporarily stopped.

在微创冠脉搭桥期间, the surgeon accesses the heart through a small incision between the ribs without having to cut bones. 没有必要让病人的心脏停止跳动, 而且大多数病人不需要使用心肺搭桥机.

该程序与传统方法一样有效, 但恢复时间要快得多, 并发症的风险较低, 减少疼痛和疤痕. This makes it a good option for the many heart disease patients who are elderly, 身体虚弱或有其他健康问题, 也不能安全地进行开胸手术.

Because of our cardiac care team's expertise with minimally invasive techniques, UCSF is one of the few medical centers in California offering minimally invasive CABG.