Enabling technology for minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting.
Over the past 8 years, new techniques and perhaps more significantly new technology have expanded the possibilities for minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting. In this section, we review 3 important and potentially enabling technologies: (1) robotics, (2) anastomotic connectors, and (3) the expanding role of imaging in the context of combined operating room/catheterization laboratories (hybrid suites).
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. tvassil@emory.edu
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000639:trends; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation