Minimally Invasive Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery without Extracorporeal Circulation
- 15 May 1997
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 336 (20) , 1454
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199705153362012
Abstract
The term “minimally invasive surgery” is currently used for several procedures in cardiac surgery.1-3 Coronary-artery bypass surgery on the beating heart without extracorporeal circulation, using a small lateral approach through the fourth intercostal space, is one form of minimally invasive surgery.3Keywords
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