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Closed-chest, robotically assisted CABG

Volkmar Falk, Steven Jacobs, F.-W. W. Mohr

Year
2006
Citations
3

Abstract

Total endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting is a robotic assisted procedure to graft the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery without opening the chest. Through four 1-cm port incisions the procedure can be performed on the beating heart using a telemanipulation system and an endoscopic vacuum stabilizer to locally immobilize the heart.

Keywords

MedicineInternal thoracic arteryArteryBypass graftingCardiologyPort (circuit theory)Internal medicineSurgery

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