Non-stop coronary artery bypass grafting for elderly patients…

  On April 2, 2015, Mr. Xing, 81, was discharged from the hospital after recovery. Before his discharge, the old man and his family specially sent a banner for the treatment team of Professor Xu Qibin from the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department of Changzheng Hospital, saying, “Thanks to the doctors of Changzheng Hospital and Professor Xu Qibin, you gave me a new life.”  Mr. Xing has been suffering from angina pectoris in recent years and has been transferred to many times for medical treatment. After examination, he was diagnosed with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease and severe three-branch lesion, due to the extensive lesion, stent implantation was not possible, and if not treated in time, he would be at risk of sudden death. At the same time, conventional coronary artery bypass surgery is also very risky due to Mr. Xing’s age and underlying diseases such as hypertension and old cerebral infarction. After a rigorous examination and evaluation, Professor Xu Qibin, Deputy Director of Cardiac Surgery at Long March Hospital, concluded that non-stop coronary artery bypass grafting could be applied to solve the patient’s pain. Since non-stop beating does not need to go through the process of “cardiac arrest – resumption”, it has obvious advantages for systemic organ protection and cardiac function recovery, especially for the elderly, which can significantly reduce the incidence of perioperative complications.  On March 16, 2015, after careful preoperative preparation and with the support of the Department of Anesthesiology, the old man underwent surgery. During the operation, Professor Xu Qibin successfully built two vascular bridges over the beating heart in only 20 minutes. When the blood vessels were connected, the heart, which was lacking blood supply, was finally rejuvenated. After the surgery, under the close collaboration and supervision of the cardiothoracic surgery team, Mr. Xing passed one difficult hurdle after another and was discharged from the hospital successfully on April 2, 2015.  Recently, the cardiothoracic surgery team of Changzheng Hospital has successfully performed non-stop coronary artery bypass grafting for several cases of elderly patients over 80 years old, and all of them have been discharged from the hospital successfully. The team of cardiothoracic surgery of Long March Hospital has successfully performed non-stop coronary artery bypass grafting for many patients over 80 years old. The cardiothoracic surgeons of Long March Hospital are creating one miracle of life after another with their scientific and rigorous attitude, skillful technology, realistic and innovative spirit, and medical ethics of loving patients and injuries, and also bringing more and more elderly people a happy and healthy life in their old age.