title: Endoscopic-assisted atraumatic coronary artery bypass.
abstract: Minimally invasive operations designed to graft the left anterior descending coronary artery with the left internal mammary artery are either traumatic to the chest wall or technically difficult and expensive. This report describes a novel procedure that is less traumatic and simpler.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. vassiliades@pol.net
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Vassiliades
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*