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Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery
1Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly
|February 21, 2002
Abstract:
Advances in videoscopic instrumentation and expanding experience with the performance of coronary artery bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary circulatory support is changing the surgical approach to many patients requiring coronary arterial revascularization. We describe the present status of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery being used today.