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2. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   The first uses a cardiopulmonary bypass machine, a machine which takes over the functions of the heart and lungs during surgery by circulating blood and oxygen. With the heart in cardioplegic arrest , harvested arteries and veins are used to connect across problematic regions—a construction known as surgical anastomosis .

3. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   The technique uses devices to support the surrounding heart tissues while vital surgery takes place. This is also known as off-pump CABG (OPCAB). OPCAB voids the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), which requires the heart to be stopped (arrested) with cardioplegia solution. Off-pump is also known as beating heart surgery. [citation needed]

4. Bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Bypass surgery refers to a class of surgery involving rerouting a tubular body part. [1] Types include: Vascular bypass surgery such as coronary artery bypass surgery, a heart operation, in which the internal thoracic artery and great saphanous vein are used to bypass the coronary artery. [2]

5. New procedure at Erie hospital offers hope for those with ...

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   It was high enough to put him at an increased risk for stroke and heart attack. "I already had triple-bypass heart surgery about two years ago," said Davis, who works as a part-time driver for ...

6. 'Saved my life': Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital heart ... - AOL

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   The heart surgeon told Goodson he had a choice of skipping surgery and facing possible massive heart attack or pursuing a quadruple bypass that has a 98% success rate. "It was a pretty easy choice ...

7. Totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery (TECAB) is an entirely endoscopic robotic surgery used to treat coronary heart disease, developed in the late 1990s. It is an advanced form of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery , which allows bypass surgery to be conducted off-pump without opening the ribcage.