Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Coronary artery bypass surgery can sometimes be performed using a minimally invasive method. Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery is a technique of performing bypass surgery without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (the heart-lung machine). Further refinements to this procedure have resulted in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery, a technique of performing bypass surgery through a 5 to 10 cm incision.