minimally invasive cardiac surgery


minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Interventional cardiology Any of a number of techniques–MIDCAB, off-pump coronary-artery bypass, minimally invasive valve surgery, port-access coronary surgery, and port-access valve surgery–increasingly being used to ↓ the discomfort, morbidity, and costs associated with conventional cardiac surgery. See Interventional cardiology, MIDCAB, Off-pump coronary-artery bypass, Port-access coronary surgery. Cf CABG.