Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Surgery

Heart surgeons at University Hospital have started to perform a newer type of minimally invasive surgery called Endoscopic A-traumatic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

The technique utilizes endoscopic approaches to harvest internal mammary arteries and a mini-chest incision for performing the coronary bypass operation.

This technique offers patients two benefits:

• “off-pump bypass” procedure — less traumatic to the heart
• mini-chest incision — allows for a quicker recuperation period