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Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Jul 26;68(4):356–365. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.05.032

TABLE 3.

Procedure and Procedure Staging

	HCR (n = 200)	PCI With DES (n = 98)
Surgical approach to LITA-LAD grafting
Robotic MIDCAB (robotic ITA harvest with direct anastomosis)	108 (54)
Robotic TECAB (robot used for ITA harvest and anastomosis)	42 (21)
MIDCAB (small left thoracotomy with direct ITA harvest and anastomosis)	38 (19)
Sternotomy (planned)	12 (6)
Cardiopulmonary bypass used	32 (16)

Hybrid procedures: staging of surgery and initial PCI
Surgery followed by PCI	110 (55.0)	2 (2.0)
PCI followed by surgery	43 (21.5)	0 (0.0)
Simultaneous surgery and PCI	24 (12.0)	0 (0.0)
Surgery only	16 (8.0)	0 (0.0)
Surgery and PCI completed on same day (order unknown)	7 (3.5)	0 (0.0)

PCI-only procedure staging
Single PCI procedure	0 (0.0)	63 (64.3)
2 PCI procedures	0 (0.0)	30 (30.6)
3 PCI procedures	0 (0.0)	3 (3.1)

Values are n (%).

ITA = internal thoracic artery; LITA = left internal thoracic artery; MIDCAB = minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass; TECAB = totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass; other abbreviations as in Table 1.