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Surgical Videos

Below are streaming videos of the latest advances in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) which can be downloaded and viewed online. Please note: These clips are from live surgery. Do not download if you are uncomfortable viewing operating room video):

Beating Heart Bypass Surgery:
The following videos feature the "Beating Heart Bypass Surgery" technique for performing bypass surgery. Each video highlights the surgeons ability to reach target vessels while the heart remains beating.


Mechanical Stabilization Technique	Vacuum Stabilization Technique	Heart Positioner
Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting: Many patients are surprised to learn that bypass surgery includes two surgical procedures. This video features the second procedure, Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting, for removing a vessel for the bypass graft.

EVH Procedure
OPCAB Surgery: This procedure is the most common "beating heart" or "off-pump coronary artery bypass" (OPCAB) surgery. It involves multi-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting of two to five vessels. A full sternotomy is used but the patient remains off the heart lung machine while the heart remains beating. Not all patients may be candidates for this procedure. Please see "Patient Selection Video" for more details. (Caution: These clips are from live surgery. Do not download if you are uncomfortable viewing operating room video): Pericardial Suture Placement Positioning Heart Stabilizer on Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) Positioning Heart Stabilizer on Posterior Descending Artery (PDA) Identification of Coronary Vessels Anastomosis of Obtuse Marginal Branch (OM) Anastomosis of Diagonal Branch off of LAD Insertion of Shunt to allow blood flow during Anastomosis
MIDCAB Surgery: This procedure is reserved for a single coronary artery bypass grafting (LIMA to LAD) and is either performed through a small incision in the ribs or with a mini-sternotomy (Caution: These clips are from live surgery. Do not download if you are uncomfortable viewing operating room video) Insertion of Retractor and Lift Harvesting of Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) Stabilizing the Beating Heart LAD Graph Anastomosis
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