CLINICAL CASES   

Minerva Chirurgica 2006 April;61(2):159-61

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language: English

Combined off-pump coronary surgery and left lung resection through midline sternotomy with a Medtronic Starfish® 2 Heart Positioner

Tan M. E. S. H., Van Boven W. J., Van Swieten E. A.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Concomitant lung malignancy and coronary artery disease is uncommon. When the left lung is involved, the approach is considered to be staged or through left thoracotomy. We present a patient who was operated on for left pneumonectomy and off-pump coronary surgery through a midline sternotomy with the use of a Medtronic Starfish 2 Heart Positioner.