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Methods for performing thoracoscopic coronary artery bypass

  • US 5,452,733 A
  • Filed: 02/22/1993
  • Issued: 09/26/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for forming a coronary artery bypass graft in a patient, said method comprising:

  • forming at least one percutaneous penetration in the patient'"'"'s chest;

    viewing the region of the heart through a viewing scope disposed through a percutaneous penetration;

    forming an arterial blood source;

    endovascularly partitioning the patient'"'"'s arterial system at a location within the ascending aorta between the brachiocephalic artery and the coronary ostia;

    establishing cardiopulmonary bypass;

    stopping heart contraction; and

    connecting the arterial blood source to a location in a coronary artery downstream from an occlusion using tools introduced through a percutaneous penetration while viewing the region of the stopped heart through the viewing scope.

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