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).
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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