Overview Of Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery Open chest surgery has traditionally been used to perform heart bypasses, repair valves, mend aortic tears, and other procedures. In most cases, the surgical team was forced to cut through the patient’s sternum (or breastbone) and separate the ribs in order to access the heart. While open chest procedures [...]

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An Introduction To Coronary Artery Disease Before your heart can pump blood to the rest of your body, it must receive it from your coronary arteries. There are two main arteries that supply oxygenated blood to your heart: the left and the right. Both branch out into a network of other arteries. When a blockage [...]

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