<unk>  or "beating heart" surgery is a form of<unk><unk><unk>  graft (CABG) surgery performed without cardiopulmonary<unk>  (heart-lung machine) as a treatment for<unk>  heart disease. It was primarily developed in the early 1990s by Dr. Amano Atsushi. Historically, during<unk>  surgeries, the heart is stopped and a heart-lung machine takes over the work of the heart and lungs. When a cardiac surgeon chooses to perform the CABG procedure off-pump, also known as<unk> <unk> , the heart is still beating while the graft attachments are made to<unk>  a blockage.<unk>  was developed partly to avoid the complications of cardiopulmonary<unk>  during cardiac surgery. The medical community believes cardiopulmonary<unk>  causes a post-operative cognitive decline known as postperfusion syndrome (informally called "pumphead"), but research has shown no long-term difference between on and<unk>  in patients of lower risk. This is probably because the<unk>  is not the main cause of brain damage, rather it is the embolic process described below. Sometimes the fatty type materials that collects to form a blockage or line on the walls of an<unk>  may break loose during CABG procedure manipulation. This debris can result in clots, or “emboli”, that may interrupt the flow of blood to the brain, causing neurological damage or even stroke. Data analysis from beating heart surgery patients shows a significant reduction in the release of this debris with correspondingly lower stroke rates. The fatty emboli which cause brain damage are generated when the large<unk>  from the heart (aorta) is manipulated and although these are reduced in most off-pump<unk><unk>  surgeries they are not eliminated because the aorta is still used as a site to attach some of the grafts. A growing number of<unk>  surgeons, however, are avoiding the aorta completely, known as "anaortic" or no-touch<unk><unk>  surgery, by taking all their grafts from sites other than the aorta (e.g. the internal mammary<unk> es.). This results in a very low risk of stroke, actually less than occurs during percutaneous<unk>  intervention. In addition to off-pump surgery being associated with the clinical benefits of a reduced risk of stroke or memory problems, patients also typically have a faster recovery and shorter hospital stay, fewer blood transfusions, and fewer unwanted inflammatory/immune response issues. Off-pump surgery can be more technically challenging. The technique has a steep learning curve, but with adequate training and experience, the quality of the anastomoses has been shown to be similar to on-pump results in surgeons with comparable experience On February 18, 2012, Amano Atsushi performed a successful<unk>  operation on Emperor Akihito.
Off-pump coronary artery bypass
Totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery
Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery
Hybrid coronary revascularization
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Pericardial window
Cardiomyoplasty
Robot-assisted double heart valve replacement