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Lead
Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
With
London Health Sciences Centre
Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Carolinas Medical Center
Gundersen Lutheran Health System
Jilin Heart Hospital
Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Medtronic
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited
Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital
Ichinomiya-Nishi Hospital
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
18 years of age or older
Angiographically-confirmed multi-vessel coronary artery disease lesions with \>=70% in at least 2 major epicardial vessels in 2 or more coronary artery territories (left anterior descending (LAD), circumflex (CX) and right coronary artery (RCA)) OR lesions \>=50% in the left main (LM)
Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator, are amenable for coronary surgery through either median sternotomy or minimally-invasive approach.
Patients who are willing and able to comply with all follow-up study visits.
You may not be if
\<18 years of age
concomitant cardiac procedure with CABG (e.g. valve repair or replacement)
Previous cardiac surgery, mediastinal irradiation, or significant trauma to the chest
Contra-indications for MICS CABG, including: severe pectus excavatum; severe pulmonary disease; hemodynamically significant left subclavian stenosis; morbid obesity; severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction; no adequate PDA or marginal branch target; absence of femoral pulse bilaterally.
Contraindications for conventional CABG via sternotomy
Concomitant life-threatening disease likely to limit life expectancy to \<2 years
