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Introduction
Few topics in the recent history of adult cardiac surgery have engendered the interest that accompanies the minimally invasive techniques described in this issue of Operative Techniques in Cardiac &am...
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James L. Cox,
Thoralf M. Sundt
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MIDCAB Approach for Single Vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Interest in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) grafting on the beating heart is growing. The premise for adopting these less invasive approaches is that patient morbidity can be...
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V.A. Subramanian
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2-15
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Port-Access Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
In the 1950s and 1960s, Drs Demikhov, Kolesov, and others successfully grafted the internal mammary artery to the coronary arteries in experimental and clinical settings. These early feats were remark...
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James I. Fann,
Mark A. Groh,
Mario F. Pompili,
Thomas A. Burdon,
Bruce A. Reitz
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16-31
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Port-Access Approach for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Port-access (PA) mitral valve surgery is performed through an anterior mini-thoracotomy with peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) (). An arrest of the heart is achieved by balloon occlusion of the ...
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Eugene A. Grossi,
Greg Ribakove,
Daniel S. Schwartz,
Aubrey C. Galloway,
Stephen B. Colvin
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32-46
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Aortic Valve Replacement By Mini-Sternotomy
The introduction of the laparoscopic procedure, as well as later scope-based interventions by other surgical disciplines have resulted in the development of minimally invasive cardiac surgical procedu...
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Steven R. Gundry
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47-53
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Parasternal Approach for Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery
Aortic valve replacement for the stenotic or regurgitant aortic valve has been one of the major advances of medical science in the 20th century. Patients who have severe pressure gradients between the...
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Lawrence H. Cohn
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54-61
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Partial Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Operations
Full median sternotomy has been the standard surgical approach to the heart for more than 30 years. There has been little impetus for cardiac surgeons to use different incisions because median sternot...
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Delos M. Cosgrove,
A. Marc Gillinov
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62-72
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