Minimally<unk><unk>  Coronary Artery Bypass<unk>  is a surgical treatment for coronary heart disease that is a less<unk>  method of coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).<unk>  gains surgical access to the heart with a smaller incision than other types of CABG.<unk>  is sometimes referred to as "keyhole" heart surgery because the operation is analogous to operating through a keyhole.<unk>  is a form of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB), performed "off-pump" - without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (the heart-lung machine).<unk>  differs from OPCAB in the type of incision used for the surgery; with traditional CABG and OPCAB a median sternotomy (dividing the breastbone) provides access to the heart; with<unk> , the surgeon enters the chest cavity through a mini-thoracotomy (a 2-to-3 inch incision between the ribs).<unk>  surgery is no longer reserved for only anteriorly placed single- or double-vessel diseases, because such lesions are usually managed with angioplasty. The surgery has recently begun to be used in multi-vessel coronary disease.
Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery
Totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Hybrid coronary revascularization
Off-pump coronary artery bypass
Robot-assisted double heart valve replacement
Tissue engineering of heart valves
Hybrid cardiac surgery