During the mid-1990s cardiac surgery started exploring minimally invasive methods for
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and has over a 25-year period developed highly …

The evolution of robotic-assisted cardiac surgery has been relentless ever since the first
coronary and mitral valve procedures were performed in the late 1990s. Iterative …

Background—Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS CABG) is a novel
coronary operation that does not require infrastructure and is potentially available to all …

BACKGROUND: Robotic technology has enabled totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass
(TECAB) grafting. Little information is available on factors associated with successful and …

Background: Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (miniCABG) decreases in-
hospital morbidity versus traditional sternotomy CABG. We performed a prospective cohort …

Background Previous studies have evaluated the learning curve to achieve competency in
robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) but have not identified thresholds …

Nearly all surgical disciplines have developed endoscopic operations over the last 2
decades that have become the standard of care. In cardiac surgery and specifically for …

Internal thoracic arteries (ITAs) are the gold standard conduits for coronary revascularization
because of their long-term patency and anti-atherosclerotic properties. Harvesting and …

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is and continues to be the preferred
revascularization strategy in patients with multivessel disease. Graft selection has been …

Background There is limited data to inform minimum case requirements for training in
robotically assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (RA‐CABG). Current recommendations …