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Nonsternotomy multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting was generally not considered feasible until the publication of a large consecutive patient series in 2009.
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Highlights the historical development and feasibility of nonsternotomy multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, attempts at performing less-invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were largely restricted to the minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass operation, itself a variation of the first CABG operation performed—in 1964 and through a thoracotomy—by Kolesov and Potashov.1 With the exception of multiple anterior target coronary vessels and other rare favorable combinations, multivessel bypass grafting through a nonsternotomy incision was not considered feasible until a large consecutive patient series was published in 2009.
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Marc Ruel (2021) conducted an editorial in Coronary artery disease. Nonsternotomy multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting was evaluated. Nonsternotomy multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting was generally not considered feasible until the publication of a large consecutive patient series in 2009.
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