What are the potential advantages of performing a hybrid CABG procedure?
The potential advantages of performing a hybrid CABG procedure include improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of therapy, condensing therapy into one patient encounter, and decreasing the morbidity rate of traditional CABG in high-risk patients. Additionally, if a staged approach is chosen, minimally invasive CABG performed first, followed days later by PCI, is preferable as it enables surgery without the unwanted effects of antiplatelet therapy while also enabling complete angiography of the LIMA graft at the time of PCI.